different between spat vs squable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spæt/
• • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

Old English spittan, spætan.

Verb

spat

1. simple past tense and past participle of spit

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin; perhaps related to spit.

Noun

spat (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

Translations

Verb

spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

Etymology 3

Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.

Noun

spat (plural spats)

1. (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

   Coordinate term: gaiter

2. (automotive, Britain, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

   Synonym: (US) fender skirt

3. (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.

Translations

Etymology 4

1804. American English, probably imitative.

Noun

spat (plural spats)

1. A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

Translations

Verb

spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)

1. To quarrel or argue briefly.

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Translations

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Etymology 5

Attested from 1823.

Noun

spat (plural spats)

1. A light blow with something flat.

Translations

Verb

spat (third-person singular simple present spats, present participle spatting, simple past and past participle spatted)

1. (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.

2. (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.

Translations

Etymology 6

Latin spatium (“space”)

Noun

spat (plural spats)

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

Anagrams

• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, past, pats, stap, taps

Amis

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

spat

1. four

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spat/, [sb?ad?]

Noun

spat c (singular definite spatten, not used in plural form)

1. spavin (disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones)
2. få spat – get annoyed or angry

Derived terms

• spattet

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?t/
• Hyphenation: spat
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spat.

Noun

spat m (plural spatten)

1. (obsolete) blowgun

   Synonyms: blaaspijp, blaasroer

Etymology 2

From spatten.

Noun

spat m (plural spatten, diminutive spatje n)

1. spot, speckle, stain

Derived terms

• bloedspat

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

spat

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of spatten
2. imperative of spatten

Anagrams

• past, stap, taps

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spat]

Verb

spat

1. supine of spa?

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

spat

1. Short form of spavati: "Cili Trogir ide spat" = "Cijeli Trogir ide spati" = "The whole City of Trogir goes to sleep"

Taroko

Etymology

From Proto-Atayalic *s?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

spat

1. four