Spat

Definition: Spat

Spat

Noun

1. Petty quarrel.

2. A cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles.

3. A young oyster or other bivalve.

Verb

1. Come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us".

2. Become permanently attached, as of mollusks or oysters.

3. Strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves".

4. Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.

5. Engage in a brief and petty quarrel.

6. Spawn; "oysters spat".

7. Clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music".

Date "spat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definition
Transportation	A fairing around the wheel of a fixed landing gear. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
spat	English	Self-protective antitank	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Spat

Synonyms: bicker (n), bickering (n), fuss (n), gaiter (n), spats (n), squabble (n), tiff (n), acclaim (v), applaud (v), clap (v). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: spitted (transportation).

Antonym: boo (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Discord	Quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie, squabble, altercation, barney, demel_, snarl, spat, towrow, words, high words; wrangling; Verb: jangle, brabble, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars.
Posterity	Noun: posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat; family, grandchildren, heirs; great-grandchild.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Spat

English words defined with "spat": messily ♦ ptyalize ♦ Spatted, Spatting, spew, spit, spue ♦ untidily. (references)

Specialty definitions using "spat": NCR Corporation. (references)

Etymologies containing "spat": Spot. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Spat" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (spar), German (spar, spavin), Romanian (spar), Swedish (spar).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I spat at God once. (Rasputin; writing credit: Peter Pruce) I offered you friendship, and you spat in my face! (Spider-Man; writing credit: Stan Lee; Steve Ditko)
Lyrics	We had a quarrel, a lover's spat (Return to Sender; performing artist: Elvis Presley)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Georg Joachim Goschen: Ein Verlager Der Spataufklarung Der Deutchen Klassic: Geschichte Und Bibliographie Des Goschenverlages (Ein Verleger Der spat (reference) Spawn, Spat, and Sprains (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Day the Earth Spat Blood/Go Go [IMPORT] (reference) Verehrt Und Angespien (Worshipped & Spat At) (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	"Spat" by Rainer Wonisch.		"Buy boat" ROBERT LEE docked at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership to transplant oyster spat to permanent oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	A firehose is employed by the Captain of the ROBERT LEE to spread oyster spat reared by the Oyster Recovery Partnership. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Volunteers assist the Oyster Recovery Partnership in their effort to transplant oyster spat before the population is decimated by the Stylochus flatworm. Hatchery bags are stacked aboard the ROBERT LEE. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Shells containing oyster spat raised by the Oyster Recovery Partnership are bagged and placed on pallets to grow before being transplanted to a designated oyster reef elsewhere in the Chesapeake Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines.		This project was conducted to determine if geotube material could be used to as suitable substrate for oyster spat. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	Stoppt die Produktion chemischer Umweltgifte! : bevor es zu spat ist!. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Then he smelt it with both nostrils, bit a tiny piece, spat it out and threw the fig rudely into the gutter.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Then he spat on his hands.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Spat" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 72.73% of the time. "Spat" is used about 374 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	72.73%	272	17,812
Lexical Verb (past participle)	13.9%	52	47,145
Noun (singular)	13.37%	50	48,117
Total	100.00%	374	N/A

Expression using "spat": spat at. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "spat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zënkë (contention, contest, jar, ruction, scrap, slanging match, squabble, tiff, upset), vezë stridhesh, hedh vezët (spawn), grindem (altercate, Bicker, brawl, cample, carp, differ, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, find fault with, fray, fret, grizzle, grouse, have words with, Pule, quarrel, swear, wrangle). (various references)

Arabic		‏مشاحنة (hassle, quarrel, wrangle), ‏مشاجرة (fracas, fray, kerfuffle, mayhem, ruction, scrimmage, stink), ‏تشاحن (bicker, hassle, jangle, tiff, wrangle), ‏تشاجر (brawl, broil, come to blows, fraying, hassle, jangle, quarrel, row, rumble, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, set to, squabble), ‏طماق الكاحل, ‏بيض الصدف. (various references)

Bulgarian		скарване (difference, embroilment, tiff), хвърлям си хайвера, хайвер на стриди, карам се (altercate, brabble, brawl, call down, disagree, jangle, quarrel, row, scold, squabble, wrangle), незначително количество (rag, trace), плесване (spank), дърля се (argue back, jangle, jar, squabble, wrangle). (various references)

Chinese		口�' (spats, Squabbling). (various references)

Czech		vymìšovat jikry, potìr ústřic. (various references)

Danish		hjulskærm. (various references)

Dutch		wielkap. (various references)

Farsi		مرافعه (Case, Cross, Lawsuit, Suit), کشمکش کردن (Scuffle, War), حلزون خوراکی خیلی کوچک , تف کرد, سیلی زدن (Box, Slap), سیلی (Box, Buffet, Slap, Slog), سوراخ کرد, به سیخ کشید, بچه حلزون . (various references)

Finnish		pyörän muotosuojus. (various references)

French		prise de bec, carénage, avoir une prise de bec. (various references)

German		Gamasche (gaiter, legging, puttee, putty). (various references)

Greek		ώα οστρέων, ράπισμα (biff, box, box on the ears, buffet, smack, spanking), ραπίζω (biff, clout, flap, slap, smack), γκέτα (gaiter, legging, spats), περίβλημα τροχού, φιλονικώ (altercate, argue, dispute, jangle, quarrel, scrap, squabble, wrangle), φιλονικία (altercation, brawl, broil, contention, disputation, fray, jangle, quarrel, row, ruckus, ruction, scrap, squabble, wrangle), αόρ. του spit, αψιμαχία (brush, clash, skirmish). (various references)

Hebrew		מחפ�" (sheltered position), לתת סטיר�", ל�"תקוטט קלות, קרסולית (anklet, gaiter, Spatterdash), כסוי ר�'ל, ביצי חלזו� ות, ביצי צ�"פות, ריב קל. (various references)

Hungarian		legyintés (dab, pat, wafture, wave of the hand, whisk). (various references)

Italian		carena (bottom, Hull, keel), battibecco (bickering, hassle, miff, squabble). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ゲージ理論 (entering the starting gate, gaiter, game center, gate, gate array, gate ball, gateway, gauge theory, Godel, Goedel). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ゲートル (gaiter). (various references)

Manx		smuggit (snotted, spit upon), skearagh, gramash, ceau skearee. (various references)

Pig Latin		atspay

Portuguese		pequena questão (miff), palmada leve (flap), ovas (berry, spawn), carenagem de roda. (various references)

Romanian		pocni uşor, icre de stridii, ghetrã, ciorovãialã (bickering), ceartã scurtã. (various references)

Russian		ссориться (come to blows, disagree, fall out, jar, quarrel, quarrelled, spats, spatted), размолвка (miff, pique, tiff), шлепок (slap, smack, spank), поколотить (give a dusting, wallop). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		svađati se (altercate, brawl, dispute, fall out, natter, quarrel), svađa (affray, altercation, brawl, contention, disagreement, hassle, odds, quarrel, rhubarb, squabble), ćušnuti (cuff), ćuška (cuff, jog, slap). (various references)

Spanish		pret y pp de spit, polaina corta, hueva de ostras, freza (dung, seed, spawn), disputa común (squabble), carena (careen), botín (booty, haul, loot, pickings, plunder, spoil, swag). (various references)

Swedish		damask (gaiter). (various references)

Turkish		yumurta bırakmak, münakaşa (altercation, argument, argumentation, bickering, disputation, dispute, hassle), küçük istridye, kısa tozluk (spatterdash), istiridye yumurtası, şaplak (slap, smack, smacker, spank, spanking, whang), şamar (box, cuff, slap, slap in the face, smack), atışmak (altercate, bandy, bandy words, Bicker, have a row with, have a tiff, have words with smb., jangle, quarrel, squabble), atışma (altercation, battle of words, bickering, duet, quarrel, shooting match, tiff), ağız kavgası etmek (bandy words, spar, squabble), ağız kavgası (altercation, battle of words, bust up, quarrel, row, slanging match, spar, squabble, words, wordy warfare). (various references)

Ukrainian		устрична ікра, удар (bat, beat, biff, bobbing, buffet, bunt, cant, chop, clap, cracker, hit, impact, impingement, impulsion, jolt, kick, knock, onslaught, percussion, pick, push, put, shock, shot, smite, stab, strike, stroke, tick, tilt, wap), сваритися (altercate, broil, disagree, feud, part company, quarrel, revile, scold), незлагода (misunderstanding, pique, rupture, tiff), молода устриця, метати ікру, ляскати (clabber, clap, crack, shingle, slam). (various references)

Vietnamese		cái đập. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	lac, lacta, lacte, lactis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	John Chapter 9, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Tauta eipwn eptusen camai kai epoihsen phlon ek tou ptusmatoV kai epecrisen ton phlon epi touV ofqalmouV tou tuflou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Haec cum dixisset expuit in terram et fecit lutum ex sputo et linuit lutum super oculos eius
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða he þas þing sægde. þa spette he onða eorðen & worhte fenn of hys spatle ændsmerede mid þa fenne ofer hys eagen.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he spette in to the erthe, and made cley of the spotil, and anoyntide the cley on hise iyen,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Assone as he had thus spoken he spate on the grounde and made claye of the spetle and rubbed the claye on the eyes of the blynde
Jacobean English	1611	King James	When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	When he had thus spoken, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	John Chapter 9, Verse 6
Cebuano	Sa pagsulti niya niini, siya miluwa sa yuta ug nagmasa siyag lapok ginamit ang laway, ug iyang gihidhiran sa lapok ang mga mata sa buta,
Croatian	To rekavši, pljune na zemlju i od pljuvaèke naèini kal pa mu kalom premaza oèi.
Danish	Da han havde sagt dette, spyttede han på Jorden og gjorde Dynd af Spyttet og smurte Dyndet på hans Øjne.
Dutch	Dit gezegd hebbende, spoog Hij op de aarde, en maakte slijk uit dat speeksel, en streek dat slijk op de ogen des blinden;
Finnish	Tämän sanottuaan hän sylki maahan ja teki syljestä tahtaan ja siveli tahtaan hänen silmilleen
French	Après avoir dit cela, il cracha � terre, et fit de la boue avec sa salive. Puis il appliqua cette boue sur les yeux de l`aveugle,
German	Da er solches gesagt, spützte er auf die Erde und machte einen Kot aus dem Speichel und schmierte den Kot auf des Blinden Augen
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Setelah berkata begitu Yesus meludah ke tanah, dan mengaduk ludah-Nya itu dengan tanah. Kemudian Ia mengoleskannya pada mata orang itu,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Setelah Ia berkata demikian, lalu Ia berludah ke tanah, serta membuat tanah itu lembik dengan ludah-Nya, disapukan-Nya tanah lembik itu kepada mata orang buta itu,
Maori	Ka mutu enei korero ana, ka tuwha ia ki te whenua, a pokepokea ana tetahi paru ki te huware, pania atu ana te paru ki nga kanohi o te matapo,
Norwegian	Da han hadde sagt dette, spyttet han på jorden og gjorde en deig av spyttet og smurte deigen på hans øine.
Portuguese	Dito isto, cuspiu no chão e com a saliva fez lodo, e untou com lodo os olhos do cego,
Rumanian	Dupq ce a zis aceste vorbe, a scuipat pe pqmknt wi a fqcut tinq din scuipat. Apoi a uns ochii orbului cu tina aceasta,
Russian	уЛБЪБЧ ЬФП, пО � МАОХМ ОБ ЪЕНМА, У�"ЕМБМ �'ТЕОЙЕ ЙЪ � МАОПЧЕОЙС Й � ПНБЪБМ �'ТЕОЙЕН ЗМБЪБ УМЕ� ПНХ,
Shuar	Nuna chichas Nunká usukmi nunkajai pachimiar kusuru jiin yakarmiayi.
Swahili	Baada ya kusema hayo, akatema mate chini, akafanyiza tope, akampaka yule kipofu machoni,
Swedish	När han hade sagt detta, spottade han på jorden och gjorde en deg av spotten och lade degen på mannens ögon
Uma	Ka'oti-na mololita hewa toe, na'uelikui-mi tana', nagalo hante tana' hangkedi' bona morege', nagelai' -ki mata-na towero toei,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "spat": spate, spates, spathal, spathe, spathed, spathes, spathic, spathose, spathulate, spatial, spatialities, spatiality, spatially, spatiotemporal, spatiotemporally, spats, spatted, spatter, spatterdock, spatterdocks, spattered, spattering, spatters, spatting, spatula, spatular, spatulas, spatulate, spatzle, spatzles. (additional references)
	Words containing "spat": bespatter, bespattered, bespattering, bespatters, crispate, crosspatch, crosspatches, cuspate, cuspated, despatch, despatched, despatches, despatching, dispatch, dispatched, dispatcher, dispatchers, dispatches, dispatching, feldspathic, mispatch, mispatched, mispatches, mispatching, nonspatial, vanaspati, vanaspatis. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Spat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bspa, Espat, Mpta, psalt, psat, saat, sapt, sapta, Sbat, sdat, smat, snat, soat, Soppitt, Spab, Spad, spag, spait, spart, spast, spatz, spau, Spaw, spaz, spdt, speath, spef, speg, speq, Spesh, spev, sphat, spht, spith, spott, spowt, spqt, spt, sqat, stap, zapt. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "spat" (pronounced spa"t)
3	-p a" t	Pat.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: past, pats, taps.
	Words within the letters "a-p-s-t"
	-1 letter: apt, asp, pas, pat, sap, sat, spa, tap, tas.
	-2 letters: as, at, pa, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-p-s-t"
	+1 letter: ataps, pacts, pants, parts, pasta, paste, pasts, pasty, pates, paths, patsy, peats, pitas, plats, prats, septa, spait, spate, spats, splat, sprat, sputa, stamp, staph, strap, stupa, tamps, tapas, tapes, tapis, tarps, tepas, traps.
	+2 letters: adapts, adepts, adopts, aptest, aspect, bypast, catsup, claspt, coapts, epacts, etapes, expats, paints, palest, palets, pantos, papist, pastas, pasted, pastel, paster, pastes, pastie, pastil, pastis, pastor, pastry, patens, paters, pathos, patins, patios, patois, peseta, petals, petsai, pietas, pintas, pitsaw, plaits, plants, plates, platys, pleats, postal, potash, prates, ptisan, rapist, repast, sapota, sapote, satrap, septal, spaits, spates, spathe, spital, splats, sprats, stamps, stapes, staphs, staple, straps, stupas, tapers, tapirs, taupes, tepals, tramps, trapes, upcast, wataps.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
spat	34
hamtaro spat	3
spat wrap	2
shoes spat	2
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Spat

Definition: Spat

Spat

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Spat

Transportation

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Spat

spat

Synonyms: Spat

Synonyms within Context: Spat

Discord

Posterity

Crosswords: Spat

Modern Usage: Spat

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Commercial Usage: Spat

Books

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Photo Album: Spat

Use in Literature: Spat

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Usage Frequency: Spat

Expression: Spat

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Spat

spat

hamtaro spat

spat wrap

shoes spat

Modern Translation: Spat

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Ancestral Language Translations: Spat

Bible Trace: Spat

Matched Bible Translations: Spat

Derivations & Misspellings: Spat

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Rhyming with "Spat"

Anagrams: Spat

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