Dictionary Entry
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.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1
imp. of Spit.
- 2noun
A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
- 3transitive/intransitive verb
To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
- 4noun
A light blow with something flat.
- 5noun
Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
- 6intransitive verb
To dispute.
- 7transitive verb
To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
- 8
of Spit
- 9noun
a young oyster or other bivalve
- 10noun
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
Synonyms
- 11noun
a quarrel about petty points
- 12verb
clap one's hands together
"The children were clapping to the music"
Synonyms
- 13verb
spawn
"oysters spat"
- 14verb
engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- 15verb
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- 16verb
strike with a sound like that of falling rain
"Bullets were spatting the leaves"
- 17verb
become permanently attached
"mollusks or oysters spat"
- 18verb
come down like raindrops
"Bullets were spatting down on us"
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