# spat
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spæt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Rhymes: -æt

### Etymology 1

From Old English spittan, spætan.

#### Verb

spat
* simple past and past participle of spit
    There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window.
    If I had known you had a spittoon in the corner I would never have spat on the floor.

### Etymology 2

Uncertain; perhaps related to spit.

#### Noun

spat (countable and uncountable, plural spats)
* The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
** 2005, TVR Pillay, MN Kutty, Aquaculture: Principles and practices, page 525:As spat-fall often occurs in areas away from environments suitable for oyster growing, the collection, transport and sale of oyster spat has developed into a separate industry.
** 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 243:But Orata’s oysters were, like the dormice and fish, collected in the wild, as spat.
* A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
** 2011, The Pearl Oyster‎, page 256:Conditions in pearl oyster hatcheries are optimized for growth and survival of spat.
** 1988, Bivalve Mollusc Culture Research in Thailand‎, page 28:If the spat are allowed to remain attached to the tank bottom for more than two days, they are difficult to remove without damage to the shell.

##### Translations

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#### Verb

spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)
* (ambitransitive) To spawn, used of shellfish as above.

### Etymology 3

Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.

#### Noun

spat (plural spats)
* (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
    Coordinate term: gaiter
* (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
    Synonym: (US) fender skirt
* (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.

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### Etymology 4

1804. American English, probably imitative.

#### Noun

spat (plural spats)
* A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
    get into a trivial spat over punctuality
    have a vicious spat with the cousins
** 2017 January 14, “Some Thais worry that a lasting power struggle is brewing. Others see a minor spat over language, which will quickly be forgotten.”, in The Economist‎:
** 2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:The downside of this cost-saving strategy was that the train service could only be covered by goodwill. Whenever there was a spat between ASLEF and management - regardless of cause - the withdrawal of this goodwill became a stick with which unions could beat management.

##### Translations
#### Verb

spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)
* (originally US, intransitive) To quarrel or argue briefly.

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Spat”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

### Etymology 5

Attested from 1823.

#### Noun

spat (plural spats)
* A light blow with something flat.

##### Translations
#### Verb

spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)
* (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
** 1922, B. M. Bower, chapter 3, in The Trail of the White Mule:He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney.
** 2007 July 13, Nolan Clay, “Co-workers testify about Kelsey's mother”, in Daily Oklahoman, retrieved 25 Aug. 2009:"She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker.
* (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
** 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret:Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.

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### Etymology 6

From Latin spatium (“space”).

#### Noun

spat (plural spats)
* An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.

### Anagrams

* ATSP, PTSA, TAPs, past, ap'ts, PATs, Apts, TAPS, PSAT, taps, APTs, apts., ATPs, TPAs, ptas., Pats, stap, PTAs, pats, APTS, apts, Taps

## Amis
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Numeral

spat
* four

## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German spat. Compare German Spat and Swedish spatt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spat/, [sb̥ad̥]

### Noun

spat c (singular definite spatten, not used in plural form)
* spavin (disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones)
* få spat – get annoyed or angry

#### Derived terms

* spattet

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spɑt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: spat
* Rhymes: -ɑt

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spat.

#### Noun

spat m (plural spatten)
* (obsolete) blowgun
    Synonyms: blaaspijp, blaasroer

### Etymology 2

From spatten.

#### Noun

spat m (plural spatten, diminutive spatje n)
* spot, speckle, stain

##### Derived terms

* bloedspat

##### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: spat

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

spat
* inflection of spatten:
** first/second/third-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* past, stap, taps

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [spat]

### Verb

spat
* supine of spaś

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

spat
* Alternative form of spȁti
** 1993, Vinko Coce (lyrics and music), “Mirno spavaj, ružo moja”:cili Trogir ide spatthe whole City of Trogir goes to sleep

## Swedish
### Noun

spat
* (colloquial) definite singular of spad

## Taroko
### Etymology

From Proto-Atayalic *səpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Numeral

spat
* four