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Noun spat has 3 senses
- bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss - a quarrel about petty points
--1 is a kind of quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
- spat, spats, gaiter - a cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles
--2 is a kind of legging, legin, leg covering
- spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
--3 is a kind of young, offspring
--3 is a member of
Verb spit has 7 senses
- spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue - expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
--1 is a kind of precipitate, come down, fall; expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out; precipitate, come down, fall; expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue
The women spit water into the bowl
spat
Something ----s
spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue
The women spit water into the bowl
- spit, spit out - utter with anger or contempt
--2 is a kind of attach; utter, emit, let out, let loose; attach; utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
spit, spit out
Somebody ----s something
spat
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
spit, spit out
Somebody ----s something
- sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
--3 is a kind of hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with; rain, rain down; hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with; rain, rain down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
It is ----ing
spat
Something ----s something
sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
It is ----ing
- skewer, spit - drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"
--4 is a kind of gesticulate, gesture, motion; pin; gesticulate, gesture, motion; pin
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
skewer, spit
Somebody ----s something
applaud, clap, spat, acclaim
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
skewer, spit
Somebody ----s something
- spat - engage in a brief and petty quarrel
--5 is a kind of quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate; quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue spat
Sam wants to spat with Sue
spat
Sam and Sue spat
Sam wants to spat with Sue
- spat - spawn; "oysters spat"
--6 is a kind of spawn; spawn
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
spat
Something ----s
- clap, spat - clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music"
--7 is a kind of gesticulate, gesture, motion; gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
4 senses of spit
clap, spat
Somebody ----s
4 senses of spit
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