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Noun spat has 3 senses

bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss - a quarrel about petty points
--₁ is a kind of legging, legin, leg covering; quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup; legging, legin, leg covering; quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup

Derived form: verb spat₅
spat, spats, gaiter - a cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles
--₂ is a kind of legging, legin, leg covering; legging, legin, leg covering
spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
--₃ is a kind of young, offspring; young, offspring
--₃ is a member of
Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda

Derived forms: verb spat₆, verb spat₂

Verb spat has 7 senses

spat - come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"
--₁ is one way to precipitate, come down, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
spat - become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
--₂ is one way to attach

Derived form: noun spat₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
spat - strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"
--₃ is one way to hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
applaud, clap, spat, acclaim - clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
--₄ is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
spat - engage in a brief and petty quarrel
--₅ is one way to quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate

Derived form: noun spat₁
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue spat
Sam wants to spat with Sue
spat - spawn; "oysters spat"
--₆ is one way to spawn

Derived form: noun spat₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
clap, spat - clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music"
--₇ is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s