Spat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a petty quarrel.
  2. a light blow; slap; smack.
verb (used without object), spat·ted, spat·ting.
  1. to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute.
  2. to splash or spatter; rain spatting against the window.
verb (used with object), spat·ted, spat·ting.
  1. to strike lightly; slap.
verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of spit1.
noun
  1. a short gaiter worn over the instep and usually fastened under the foot with a strap, worn especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
noun Zoology.
  1. the spawn of an oyster or similar shellfish.
  2. young oysters collectively, especially seed oysters.
  3. a young oyster.
noun
  1. a slap or smack
  2. a slight quarrel
verb spats, spatting or spatted
  1. to slap (someone)
  2. to have a slight quarrel
verb
  1. a past tense and past participle of spit 1
noun
  1. another name for gaiter (def. 2)
noun
  1. a larval oyster or similar bivalve mollusc, esp when it settles to the sea bottom and starts to develop a shell
  2. such oysters or other molluscs collectively
Spat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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