Definition of “spat”
verb:
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Simple past tense and past participle of spit.
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To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
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To quarrel or argue briefly.
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To strike with a spattering sound.
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To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
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noun:
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The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
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A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
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(UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
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A brief argument, fall out, quarrel.
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An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
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