noun. A larva of an oyster or similar bivalve that has settled by attaching to a surface.

noun. A brief quarrel.

noun. A slap or smack.

noun. A spattering sound, as of raindrops.

intransitive verb. To engage in a brief quarrel.

intransitive verb. To strike with a light spattering sound; slap.

intransitive verb. To slap.

noun. A cloth or leather gaiter covering the shoe upper and the ankle and fastening under the shoe with a strap.

intransitive verb. undefined

noun. A spot; stain; place.

To spatter; defile.

noun. The spawn of shell-fish; specifically, the spawn of the oyster; also, a young oyster, or young oysters collectively, up to about the time of their becoming set, or fixed to some support. See

To spawn, as an oyster; shed spat.

To shed or emit (spawn), as an oyster.

noun. A gaiter or legging.

A preterit of spit.

noun. A light blow or slap.

noun. A large drop; a spatter: as, two or three spats of rain fell.

noun. A petty contest; a little quarrel or dissension.

To give a light blow to, especially with the flat of the hand; strike lightly; slap: as, to spat dough; to spat one's hands together.

To engage in a trivial quarrel or dispute; have a petty contest.

imp. of spit.

noun. A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.

verb. To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.

noun. A light blow with something flat.

noun. Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.

intransitive verb. To dispute.

noun. A legging; a gaiter.

noun. A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; -- chiefly in pl.

transitive verb. To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of spit.

noun. The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.

verb. To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

noun. a brief argument, fall out, quarrel

verb. to quarrel or argue briefly

noun. A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

noun. (UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

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

verb. To strike with a spattering sound.

verb. To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.

verb. become permanently attached

verb. clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

noun. a young oyster or other bivalve

verb. come down like raindrops

verb. spawn

verb. engage in a brief and petty quarrel

noun. a quarrel about petty points

verb. strike with a sound like that of falling rain

verb. clap one's hands together

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

"The decided _spat, spat, spat_ of the reversing blows from the caulked boots sounded like picket firing."

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