SPAT
\spˈat], \spˈat], \s_p_ˈa_t]\
Definitions of SPAT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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a young oyster or other bivalve
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spawn; "oysters spat"
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engage in a brief and petty quarrel
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strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"
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become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
By Princeton University
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a young oyster or other bivalve
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spawn; "oysters spat"
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engage in a brief and petty quarrel
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strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"
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become permanently attached, as of mollusks or oysters
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A legging; a gaiter.
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imp. of Spit.
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A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
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To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
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A light blow with something flat.
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Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
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To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
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of Spit
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A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; - chiefly in pl.
By Oddity Software
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A legging; a gaiter.
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A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; - chiefly in pl.
By Noah Webster.
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The young of shellfish, especially the oyster; a kind of short cloth gaiter; colloquially, a slight blow with the open hand; a slap; a little quarrel.
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Colloquially, to engage in a petty quarrel.
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Colloquially, to slap.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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