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Spat

verb
1.
Come down like raindrops.
2.
Become permanently attached.
3.
Strike with a sound like that of falling rain.
4.
Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.  Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, clap.
5.
Engage in a brief and petty quarrel.
6.
Spawn.
7.
Clap one's hands together.  Synonym: clap.
noun
1.
A quarrel about petty points.  Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, squabble, tiff.
2.
A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles.  Synonym: gaiter.
3.
A young oyster or other bivalve.


Spit

verb
(past & past part. spat; pres. part. spitting)
1.
Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.  Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spue.
2.
Utter with anger or contempt.  Synonym: spit out.
3.
Rain gently.  Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, sprinkle.
4.
Drive a skewer through.  Synonym: skewer.



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"Spat" Quotes from Famous Books



... large and violent mob was gathered at the railroad station to receive them. Through some misadventure, an inadequate guard was detailed to march them to the gaol. The prisoners were set upon by the mob, reviled, stoned, and spat upon, the officers in charge trampling them under their horses' hoofs, in their vain and excited endeavours to protect them. The poor prisoners reached the jail in a full run, bruised and breathless, but thankful for the asylum the prison ...
— A Woman's Part in a Revolution • Natalie Harris Hammond
... He spat contemptuously and began to cram a blackened pipe to overflowing. The boat had landed and already the crowd was moving up the apron. Fred and his companion felt themselves urged forward by the ...
— Broken to the Plow • Charles Caldwell Dobie
... plans, the chief's stateroom was located in the after part of the house and on the side opposite the skipper's, and following their brief spat through the speaking-tube, Terence Reardon had confined himself exclusively to his engine-room and that portion of the ship along which he must of necessity pass when going to and from his state-room. He told himself it was the part ...
— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne
... and—" Jake did not finish his sentence. With a cry which haunted his memory for years, Ramona sprang from his side as if to run; then, halting suddenly, she faced him, her eyes like javelins, her breath coming fast. "Beast!" she said, and spat towards him; then turned and fled to the nearest house, where she sank on the floor and burst into tears, saying that the man below there in the road had been rude to her. Yes, the women said, he was a bad man; they all knew it. Of this Ramona said no word to Alessandro. She dared not; she believed ...
— Ramona • Helen Hunt Jackson
... whom this was addressed continued to gaze steadily at the ground, and turning his head slightly away, spat unostentatiously. The other men moved a little, vaguely, and one said in ...
— All on the Irish Shore - Irish Sketches • E. Somerville and Martin Ross


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