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Spat

verb
1.
Come down like raindrops.
2.
Become permanently attached.
3.
Strike with a sound like that of falling rain.
4.
Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.  Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, clap.  Antonym: boo.
5.
Engage in a brief and petty quarrel.
6.
Spawn.
7.
Clap one's hands together.  Synonym: clap.
noun
1.
A quarrel about petty points.  Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, squabble, tiff.
2.
A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles.  Synonym: gaiter.
3.
A young oyster or other bivalve.



Spit

verb
(past & past part. spat; pres. part. spitting)
1.
Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.  Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spue.
2.
Utter with anger or contempt.  Synonym: spit out.
3.
Rain gently.  Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, sprinkle.
4.
Drive a skewer through.  Synonym: skewer.



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"Spat" Quotes from Famous Books



... me that bloke 'll get hisself inter trouble," said the sentry of the Westfords as he spat in disgust. Then he forgot all about it, and fell to wondering what the bar of the Horse and Plough must be looking like at ...
— Mud and Khaki - Sketches from Flanders and France • Vernon Bartlett

... torn into threads; beneath the shocks of the electricity the lawn seemed to heave and tremble. It was like some giant monster, bound and fettered, struggling to be free. Now it growled sullenly, now in impotent rage it spat and spluttered, now it lashed about with crashing, stunning blows. It seemed as though the wooden walls of the station ...
— The Lost Road • Richard Harding Davis

... church was for ever saying to them:—"You have doubts and fears, and trials and temptations outward and inward; you have sinned, perhaps, and feel the burden of your sin. Here was one who, like you, in this very spat, under the same sky, treading the same soil, among the same hills and woods and rocks and riven, was tried like you, tempted like you, sinned like you; but here he prayed, and persevered, and did penance, and washed out his sins; he fought ...
— Froude's Essays in Literature and History - With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc • James Froude

... he spoke there was a puff of smoke, a dull report, and a sharp spat on the rock close to the young officer's hand, and he started up, looking a little white, while Sergeant Gee picked up a ...
— Fix Bay'nets - The Regiment in the Hills • George Manville Fenn

... and the calico cat Side by side on the table sat; 'Twas half-past twelve, and (what do you think!) Nor one nor t'other had slept a wink! The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate Appeared to know as sure as fate There was going to be a terrible spat. (I wasn't there; I simply state What was told to me ...
— Poems Every Child Should Know - The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library • Various


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