Definitions for spat

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spat spat

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IPA: /spæt/

Spat is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in spat (apst).

Definitions for spat

noun

1. a petty quarrel.
2. a light blow; slap; smack.
3. 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.
4. the spawn of an oyster or similar shellfish.
5. young oysters collectively.
6. a young oyster.
7. seed oyster.
8. saliva, especially when ejected.
9. the act of spitting.
10. Entomology.. Also called spittle. the frothy secretion exuded by spittlebugs.
11. a light fall of rain or snow.
12. a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
13. any of various rods, pins, or the like used for particular purposes.
14. a narrow point of land projecting into the water.
15. a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore.

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of spit1 .

Idioms

1. spit and image, Informal. exact likeness; counterpart: Also, spitting image, spit 'n' image.

Verb phrases

1. spit up, to vomit; throw up:

verb (used with object)

1. to strike lightly; slap.
2. to eject from the mouth:
3. to throw out or emit like saliva:
4. to set a flame to.
5. to pierce, stab, or transfix, as with a spit; impale on something sharp.
6. to thrust a spit into or through.

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute.
2. to splash or spatter; rain spatting against the window.
3. to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
4. to express hatred, contempt, etc., by or as if by ejecting saliva from the mouth.
5. to sputter:
6. to fall in scattered drops or flakes, as rain or snow.

Origin of spat

An Americanism dating back to 1795-1805; perhaps imitative

Examples for spat

He licked them up with a slick bronzy tongue and spat a thick wad of honey-brown juice into the empty teacup.

Roland spat out a mouthful of dust and swore beneath his breath.

At first I only felt bad between the shoulders and spat up some froth.

The two spat back and forth, with Allen bringing up Hopkins' affair with a married colleague.

Her words evidently annoyed him and he frowned angrily and spat.

"They cost seven and six," he muttered, regarding the one spat wistfully.

They kicked and fought and spat and succeeded in repeatedly filling their opponents with fear.

Upstairs, in the living room, splintered logs of hemlock cackled and spat from inside the wood stove.

Do you think that if I spat upon him, I could degrade him to a lower level than his own?

But some people took it as if I had spat on the Koran or something.