spat

/spรฆt/

IPA: /S P AE1 T/

verb
  1. 1

    To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

  2. 2

    To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

    โ€œa hot pan spitting droplets of fatโ€

  3. 3

    To utter (something) violently.

  4. 4

    (hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

  5. 5

    To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

Synonyms

noun
  1. 1

    The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.

  2. 2

    A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

verb
  1. 1

    To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

noun
  1. 1

    (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

  2. 2

    A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

Synonyms

noun
  1. 1

    A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

    โ€œget into a trivial spat over punctualityโ€

verb
  1. 1

    To quarrel or argue briefly.

noun
  1. 1

    A light blow with something flat.

verb
  1. 1

    To strike with a spattering sound.

  2. 2

    To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.

noun
  1. 1

    An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spat, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spit