spat
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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spat
- simple past and past participle of spit
- There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window.
- If I had known you had a spittoon in the corner I would never have spat on the floor.
Etymology 2 edit
Uncertain; perhaps related to spit.
Noun edit
spat (countable and uncountable, plural spats)
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- 2005, TVR Pillay, MN Kutty, Aquaculture: Principles and practices, page 525:
- As spat-fall often occurs in areas away from environments suitable for oyster growing, the collection, transport and sale of oyster spat has developed into a separate industry.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 243:
- But Orata’s oysters were, like the dormice and fish, collected in the wild, as spat.
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
- 2011, The Pearl Oyster[1], page 256:
- Conditions in pearl oyster hatcheries are optimized for growth and survival of spat.
- 1988, Bivalve Mollusc Culture Research in Thailand[2], page 28:
- If the spat are allowed to remain attached to the tank bottom for more than two days, they are difficult to remove without damage to the shell.
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Verb edit
spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
Etymology 3 edit
Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.
Noun edit
spat (plural spats)
- (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- Coordinate term: gaiter
- (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
- Synonym: (US) fender skirt
- (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
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Etymology 4 edit
1804. American English, probably imitative.
Noun edit
spat (plural spats)
- A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
- get into a trivial spat over punctuality
- have a vicious spat with the cousins
- 2017 January 14, “Some Thais worry that a lasting power struggle is brewing. Others see a minor spat over language, which will quickly be forgotten.”, in The Economist[3]:
- 2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:
- The downside of this cost-saving strategy was that the train service could only be covered by goodwill. Whenever there was a spat between ASLEF and management - regardless of cause - the withdrawal of this goodwill became a stick with which unions could beat management.
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Verb edit
spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)
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Further reading edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Etymology 5 edit
Attested from 1823.
Noun edit
spat (plural spats)
- A light blow with something flat.
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Verb edit
spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)
- (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
- 1922, B. M. Bower, chapter 3, in The Trail of the White Mule:
- He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney.
- 2007 July 13, Nolan Clay, “Co-workers testify about Kelsey's mother”, in Daily Oklahoman, retrieved 25 Aug. 2009:
- "She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker.
- (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret:
- Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.
Translations edit
Etymology 6 edit
Noun edit
spat (plural spats)
Anagrams edit
Amis edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral edit
spat
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German spat. Compare German Spat and Swedish spatt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spat c (singular definite spatten, not used in plural form)
- spavin (disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones)
- få spat – get annoyed or angry
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch spat.
Noun edit
spat m (plural spatten)
Etymology 2 edit
From spatten.
Noun edit
spat m (plural spatten, diminutive spatje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: spat
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
spat
- inflection of spatten:
Anagrams edit
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
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spat
Serbo-Croatian edit
Verb edit
spat
- Short form of spavati: "Cili Trogir ide spat" = "Cijeli Trogir ide spati" = "The whole City of Trogir goes to sleep"
Swedish edit
Noun edit
spat
- (colloquial) definite singular of spad
Taroko edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Atayalic *səpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral edit
spat