spat
spat
spÃĻt
spāt
/spˈÃĻt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "spat"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clap together or strike the hands
Transitive: to spat one's hands
to spat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fans at the concert spatted their hands together, creating an energetic and rhythmic beat.
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have a quick and small argument, usually over unimportant matters
Intransitive: to spat | to spat about sth | to spat over sth
to spat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They spat over who should do the dishes after dinner.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āϧ⧋āĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of shellfish) to spawn or release larvae
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the mature mussels are exposed to the right conditions, they spat, scattering their tiny offspring.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŋāύ⧁āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻŋāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϚāĻĒāϚāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to produce a splattering or smacking noise
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hailstones spatted against the roof, making a loud and rapid tapping noise.
āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻāĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϤ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•

a short quarrel about a matter that is unimportant
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āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻāĻŋāύ⧁āĻ•, āϏāĻĻā§āϝ āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻāĻŋāύ⧁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§‹āϜāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ­āĻžāϰ

a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

spatter
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