spat
spat is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, transitive/intransitive verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: imp. of Spit. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- imp. of Spit.
- noun. A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
- transitive/intransitive verb. To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
- noun. A light blow with something flat.
- noun. Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
- intransitive verb. To dispute.
- transitive verb. To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
- of Spit
- noun. a young oyster or other bivalve
- noun. a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- noun. a quarrel about petty points
- verb. clap one's hands together
"The children were clapping to the music"
- verb. spawn
"oysters spat"
- verb. engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- verb. clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- verb. strike with a sound like that of falling rain
"Bullets were spatting the leaves"
- verb. become permanently attached
"mollusks or oysters spat"
- verb. come down like raindrops
"Bullets were spatting down on us"
Synonyms
gaiter, bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, squabble, tiff, clap, acclaim, applaud
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spat:
Common word forms
spats, spated, spates, spating, spatted, spatter, spatting
Words from these letters
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