āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to spat
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āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to clap together or strike the hands
Transitive: to spat one's hands
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fans at the concert spatted their hands together, creating an energetic and rhythmic beat.
āĻāύāϏāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āϤāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to have a quick and small argument, usually over unimportant matters
Intransitive: to spat | to spat about sth | to spat over sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They spat over who should do the dishes after dinner.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āϧā§āĻŦā§ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϞāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
(of shellfish) to spawn or release larvae
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the mature mussels are exposed to the right conditions, they spat, scattering their tiny offspring.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻļāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāύā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻĒāĻāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to produce a splattering or smacking noise
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hailstones spatted against the roof, making a loud and rapid tapping noise.
āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϤā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ
a short quarrel about a matter that is unimportant
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āϤāϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻ, āϏāĻĻā§āϝ āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻ
a young oyster or other bivalve that has recently settled and attached itself to a surface in its natural habitat
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āĻŽā§āĻāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻžāϰ
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
spatter
spat
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