spatting

verb
  1. 1

    To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

verb
  1. 1

    To quarrel or argue briefly.

verb
  1. 1

    To strike with a spattering sound.

  2. 2

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

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