spat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1
Verb
spat
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin; perhaps related to spit.
Noun
spat (uncountable)
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- 2005, TVR Pillay & MN Kutty, Aquaculture: Principles and practices, p. 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.
- 2005, TVR Pillay & MN Kutty, Aquaculture: Principles and practices, p. 525:
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
Translations
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Verb
spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
Etymology 3
Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.
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Noun
spat (plural spats)
- A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- (automotive) (UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
Synonyms
- (automotive) fender skirt (US)
Translations
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Etymology 4
1804. American English, unknown origin.
Translations
Verb
spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)
Translations
Etymology 5
Attested from 1823.
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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, The Trail of the White Mule, ch. 3:
- He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney.
- 2007, Nolan Clay, "Co-workers testify about Kelsey's mother," Daily Oklahoman, 13 July, (retrieved 25 Aug. 2009):
- "She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker.
- 1922, B. M. Bower, The Trail of the White Mule, ch. 3:
- (US, dialectal) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- Sylvester Judd
- Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.
- Sylvester Judd
Translations
Noun
spat (plural spats)
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German spat. Compare German Spat and Swedish spatt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spat/, [sb̥ad̥]
Noun
spat c (singular definite spatten, not used in plural form)
Derived terms
- spattet
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɑt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spat
- Rhymes: -ɑt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spat.
Etymology 2
From spatten.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
spat
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of spatten
- imperative of spatten
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
spat
- Short form of spavati: "Cili Trogir ide spat" = "Cijeli Trogir ide spati" = "The whole City of Trogir goes to sleep"