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   Spat

   /spat/

   

   noun

   • 1. a petty quarrel: "when we had our little spats, he had only to smile to get back on the right side of me"

   verb

   • 1. quarrel pettily: "people expected him and his wife to spat continually"
   • ▪ slap lightly: "I spatted your hands when you were naughty"

   Word Origin early 19th century (originally a US colloquial usage): probably imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   Is spat a verb or a noun?

   • In case of no. 2 conjugation, it's when it means "to pierce something like a meat" For 'spat', spat is also a noun and a verb as well, which means a trivial fight or have a trivial fight. As a verb, the word 'spat's past and past participle are "spatted". So it's a totally diffrent word from the 'spit's conjugations above of no. 1, 2, and 3.

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   Is spitted a tense?

   • 2 sounds completely wrong here. "Spitted" is the past tense of the word "to spit" (transitive) where "spit" means "to spit a piece of meat for roasting on a fire". But when used as the past tense of "to spit saliva from the mouth" it sounds like the sort of thing a young child would say before being corrected by an adult.

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   How often does a spat reemerge?

   • Every so often, the spat between the two digital operations reemerges. We see a couple shouting or arguing or something, we don’t know is this really an emergency, or is this just two people having a spat. Upstairs, in the living room, splintered logs of hemlock cackled and spat from inside the wood stove.

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   SPAT meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of spit 2. a short argument, usually about something that is not…. Learn more.

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   noun. a petty quarrel. Synonyms: set-to, scrap, tiff. a light blow; slap; smack. verb (used without object) , spat·ted, spat·ting. to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute. to splash or spatter; rain spatting against the window. verb (used with object) , spat·ted, spat·ting. to strike lightly; slap. spat. 2. [ spat ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb.

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   3 days ago · 8 senses: 1. rare a slap or smack 2. a slight quarrel 3. rare to slap (someone) 4. US, Canadian and New Zealand to have a.... Click for more definitions.

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   Origin spat2 1. (1800-1900) Perhaps from the sound of a blow. 2. (1800-1900) spatterdash “spat” ((17-20 centuries)), from spatter + dash. spat meaning, definition, what is spat: the past tense and past participle of sp...: Learn more.

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   [ spat ] show ipa 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.

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   Spat Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary. Home. Dictionary Meanings. Spat Definition. spăt. spats, spatted, spatting. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. spats. A larva of an oyster or similar bivalve that has settled by attaching to a surface. American Heritage. Similar definitions. A slap.

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   1. [ spat ] See synonyms for spat on Thesaurus.com. noun. a petty quarrel. a light blow; slap; smack. verb (used without object), spat·ted, spat·ting. to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute. to splash or spatter; rain spatting against the window. verb (used with object), spat·ted, spat·ting. to strike lightly; slap. Recommended videos.