Noun spat has 3 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
    --3 is a kind of
    young, offspring; young, offspring
    --3 is a member of
     Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda
    Derived forms: verb spat6, verb spat2
,Verb spat has 7 senses
  1. spat - come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"
    --1 is one way to
    precipitate, come down, fall
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. spat - become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
    --2 is one way to
    attach
    Derived form: noun spat3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. spat - engage in a brief and petty quarrel
    --5 is one way to
    quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
    Derived form: noun spat1
    Sample sentences:
    Sam and Sue spat
    Sam wants to spat with Sue
  6. spat - spawn; "oysters spat"
    --6 is one way to
    spawn
    Derived form: noun spat3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  7. 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
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