spat

Meanings

1. simple past and past participle of spit

1. The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
2. A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

1. To spawn, used of shellfish as above.

1. A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
2. A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
3. A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.

1. A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

1. To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.

1. A light blow with something flat.

1. To strike with a spattering sound.
2. To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.

1. An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.

Etymology

From Old English spittan, spætan.