Spats

Definition: Spats

Spats

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "spats" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references)

Synonyms: Spats

Crosswords: Spats

Books

• My Father's Spats and Other Poems (Mellen Poetry Series, Vol. 15) (reference)

• Spouse Spats (reference)

• Student Spats With Intermediate Accounting Disk (reference)

• Young Men in Spats (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Congressman, possibly Morrison R. Waite, wearing spats carrying top hat and umbrella. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

China

Since 1979 there has been severals spats of new activity as new airports were built and old ones enlarged or renovated in response to new demands created through the reform and opening policies - including the development of a hub and spoke network and the consolidation of airlines. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "spats": masts and spats ♦ welding spats. Additional references.

Albanian

vezët stridhesh. (various references)

Bulgarian 

гети (gaiters, spatterdashes). (various references)

Chinese 

口�' (SPAT, Squabbling). (various references)

Czech

kamaše (gaiter, leggings, spatterdashes). (various references)

Danish

svejsegamacher (protective spats for welding, welding spats). (various references)

Dutch

beenkappen voor lassers (protective spats for welding, welding spats), beenbeschermers (protective spats for welding, welding spats). (various references)

Finnish

säärensuojus (protective spats for welding, welding spats). (various references)

French

guêtres de soudeur (protective spats for welding, welding spats). (various references)

German

disputiert (contends, disputes). (various references)

Greek 

γκέτεσ, γκέτα (gaiter, legging, spat). (various references)

Hebrew 

�'מש�". (various references)

Italian

uose da saldatore (protective spats for welding, welding spats), ghette da saldatore (protective spats for welding, welding spats). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�掛け (gauntlet), スパイ罪 (crime of espionage, fastball, ink spattering, slowing down, spaghetti, spaghetti meat sauce, spaghetti Western, span, span of control, spangle, Spanish, Spanish America, spanner, Spartacus Games, spasm, spatula, speaker, speaker unit, speech, speech therapist, speech therapy, speed, speed ball, speed limit, speed skating, speed up, speed-gun, speedometer, speedway, speedy, spot, student slang for the restaurant chain "Spaghetti Factory", thank you, wrench). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"うがけ (gauntlet), スパッツ . (various references)

Pig Latin

atsspay

Portuguese

polainitos (protective spats for welding, welding spats). (various references)

Romanian

jambiere (gaiter, gaiters, leggings, uppers). (various references)

Russian 

короткие гетры. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kratke gamaše. (various references)

Spanish

polainas de soldador (welding spats), arboladura (masts and spats). (various references)

Swedish

benskydd (pad, shin guard, shin pad). (various references)

Misspellings

"Spats" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Espat, sapta, spaits, spams, spass, spast, spatch, spatz, spets, sphat, spiths, spqt, sqats. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pasts.

-1 letter: asps, pass, past, pats, psst, saps, spas, spat, taps, tass.

-2 letters: apt, asp, ass, pas, pat, sap, sat, spa, tap, tas.

-3 letters: as, at, pa, ta.

+1 letter: pastas, pastes, pastis, spaits, spates, splats, sprats, stamps, stapes, staphs, straps, stupas.

+2 letters: aptness, aspects, catsups, outpass, papists, passant, pastels, pasters, pasties, pastils, pastors, patness, patsies, pesetas, petasos, petasus, petsais, pissant, pitsaws, postals, ptisans, rapists, repasts, sapotas, sapotes, satraps, sparest, spastic, spathes, spitals, staples, tapises, upcasts.

+3 letters: airposts, anapests, apostasy, apostils, apostles, asphalts, baptises, baptisms, baptists, capstans, catspaws, dashpots, disparts, dustpans, epistasy, epitases, epitasis, escapist, espartos, flypasts, gestapos, harpists, impastes, impastos, misparts, nonpasts, outspans, palmists, passport, pasterns, pasteups, pastiest, pastimes, pastinas, pastises, pastless, pastness, pastries, pastures, pathless, pathoses, paystubs, peasants, pectases, peltasts, persalts, pianists, piasters, piastres, pissants, plasters, plastics, plastids, podestas, postages, postbags, postbase, potashes, potassic, precasts, prosaist, protases, protasis, psalmist, psalters, puissant, pulsates, pussycat, raptness, raspiest, restamps, saltpans, sandpits, sapphist, sappiest, seaports, sharpest, snapshot, soapiest, spaciest, sparsest, sparsity, spastics, spathose, spatters, spatulas, spatzles, spirants, stackups, stampers, stapedes, staplers, starship, startups, steapsin, stewpans, stopgaps, subparts, tapeless, tapsters, teashops, topmasts, topsails, traipses, trapeses, trespass, unstraps, upstages, upstairs, upstands, upstares, upstarts, upstates, waspiest.