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spat
1[ spat ]
spat
2[ spat ]
verb
- a simple past tense and past participle of spit 1.
spat
3[ spat ]
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.
spat
4[ spat ]
noun
- the spawn of an oyster or similar shellfish.
- young oysters collectively, especially seed oysters.
- a young oyster.
spat
1/ æ /
noun
- rare.a slap or smack
- a slight quarrel
verb
- rare.to slap (someone)
- intr to have a slight quarrel
spat
2/ æ /
verb
- a past tense and past participle of spit 1
spat
3/ æ /
noun
- another name for gaiter
spat
4/ æ /
noun
- a larval oyster or similar bivalve mollusc, esp when it settles to the sea bottom and starts to develop a shell
- such oysters or other molluscs collectively
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Example Sentences
The firings mark the latest salvo in Trump’s long-simmering antipathy toward the National Security Council, which was fueled in part by a spat with former NSC staffer and whistleblower Alexander Vindman.
On top of the sweeping 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports, the alcohol industry is at the center of a spat with the EU, which this month proposed a 50% duty on American whiskey.
He said he had not been able to return to work because of the assault and he knew of other officers who had been kicked, spat at and punched while on duty.
Proposed cuts to funding triggered a spat among Labour Senedd members, with Skates' predecessor in the job Lee Waters accusing him of being "deeply disingenuous".
And when cool heads were required, his team came across as a bag of nerves, all too willing to get involved in cheap spats.
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