spat
/spรฆt/IPA: /S P AE1 T/
- 1
To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
syn:expectorate - 2
To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
โa hot pan spitting droplets of fatโ
- 3
To utter (something) violently.
- 4
(hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- 5
To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
Synonyms
- 1
The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- 2
A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
- 1
To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
- 1
(often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- 2
A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
syn:fender skirt
Synonyms
- 1
A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
โget into a trivial spat over punctualityโ
- 1
To quarrel or argue briefly.
- 1
A light blow with something flat.
- 1
To strike with a spattering sound.
- 2
To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- 1
An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spat, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spit