Meaning of spat
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noun A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.To engage in a trivial quarrel or dispute have a petty contest.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.To give a light blow to, especially with the flat of the hand strike lightly slap: as, to spat dough to spat one's hands together.noun A petty contest a little quarrel or dissension.noun A large drop a spatter: as, two or three spats of rain fell.noun The spawn of shell-fish specifically, the spawn of the oyster also, a young oyster, or young oysters collectively, up to about the time of their becoming set, or fixed to some support.noun A cloth or leather gaiter covering the shoe upper and the ankle and fastening under the shoe with a strap.intransitive verb To strike with a light spattering sound slap.intransitive verb To engage in a brief quarrel.noun A spattering sound, as of raindrops.noun A larva of an oyster or similar bivalve that has settled by attaching to a surface.
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From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.