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spat
1[ spat ]
spat
2[ spat ]
verb
- a simple past tense and past participle of spit 1.
spat
3[ spat ]
noun
- 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.
spat
4[ spat ]
noun
- the spawn of an oyster or similar shellfish.
- young oysters collectively, especially seed oysters.
- a young oyster.
spat
1/ spæt /
noun
- rare.a slap or smack
- a slight quarrel
verb
- rare.to slap (someone)
- intr to have a slight quarrel
spat
2/ spæt /
verb
- a past tense and past participle of spit 1
spat
3/ spæt /
noun
- another name for gaiter
spat
4/ spæt /
noun
- a larval oyster or similar bivalve mollusc, esp when it settles to the sea bottom and starts to develop a shell
- such oysters or other molluscs collectively
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
After making a purchase, customers were given a token to put into a special vending machine, which spat out Louis Vuitton x Murakami novelty items, including stickers and trading cards.
But behind the scenes, hundreds of other spats will never see the light of day.
This current tit for tat spat involving the Reform UK leader Farage and the MP for Great Yarmouth, Rupert Lowe, has seen both sides flinging a lot of mud at each other.
He didn’t mention the spat in his 99-minute address Tuesday to a joint session of Congress.
McCain declined to comment further on the spat, Entertainment Weekly reported, but did state to the publication that she would elaborate on her opinions and the incident with Cohen on her personal and professional channels.
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