spat

About 1.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb simple past and past participle of spit

   There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window.

2. noun The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
3. noun A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
4. verb To spawn, used of shellfish as above.
5. noun A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
6. noun A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
7. noun A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
8. noun A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

   get into a trivial spat over punctuality

Similar words

gaiter clap fuss tiff bickering squabble bicker acclaim applaud seed

Often followed by

out on in at upon the into it and

Word family

spats spatted spatting spit