- bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss - a quarrel about petty points
--1 is a kind of legging, legin, leg covering; quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup; legging, legin, leg covering; quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
Derived form: verb spat5 - spat, spats, gaiter - a cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles
--2 is a kind of legging, legin, leg covering; legging, legin, leg covering
- spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
--3 is a kind of young, offspring; young, offspring
--3 is a member ofBivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda Derived forms: verb spat6, verb spat2
- spat - come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"
--1 is one way to precipitate, come down, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- spat - become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
--2 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun spat3
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- spat - strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"
--3 is one way to hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- applaud, clap, spat, acclaim - clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
--4 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- spat - engage in a brief and petty quarrel
--5 is one way to quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun spat1
Sam and Sue spat
Sam wants to spat with Sue
- spat - spawn; "oysters spat"
--6 is one way to spawn
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun spat3
Something ----s
- clap, spat - clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music"
--7 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- spat - become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"