spat
[noun]
Synonyms: quarrel, altercation, beef, bickering, dispute, falling-out, fight, hassle, miff, tiff, cuff, box, buffet, burst, chop, paste, punch, slap, smack, swack
[verb]
Synonyms: quarrel, bicker, brabble, caterwaul, fall out, row, scrap, squabble, tiff, wrangle

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I. spat¹ /spæt/
the past tense and past participle of spit¹

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II. spat² noun [countable]
[Sense 1: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from the sound of a blow. ]
[Sense 2: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: spatterdash 'spat' (17-20 centuries), from spatter + dash]

1. informal a short unimportant quarrel:
a marital spat

2. spats [plural] special pieces of cloth that fasten with buttons on top of a man’s shoes, worn in the past

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