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1. [informal] A quarrel about petty points
   - bicker, bickering, tiff [informal], squabble, pettifoggery, fuss, brannigan [US, informal]
    
2. A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
   - gaiter
    
3. A young oyster or other bivalve

1. Come down like raindrops
   "Bullets were spatting down on us"
    
2. Become permanently attached
   "mollusks or oysters spat"
    
3. Strike with a sound like that of falling rain
   "Bullets were spatting the leaves"
    
4. Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
   - applaud, clap, acclaim
    
5. [informal] Engage in a brief and petty quarrel
    
6. Spawn
   "oysters spat"
    
7. Clap one's hands together
   - clap

1. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
   "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer";
   - spew [informal], spue [archaic]
    
2. Utter with anger or contempt
   - spit out
    
3. Drive a skewer through
   "spit the meat for the BBQ";
   - skewer
    
4. [Brit] Rain gently
   "It has only spat, but the roads are slick";
   - sprinkle, spatter, patter, pitter-patter

Derived forms: spatted, spats, spatting

See also: cough out

Type of: altercate, argufy, attach, barney [Brit, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], bust-up [informal], collide with, come down, cough out, cough up, ding-dong [Brit, informal], dispute, dustup [informal], dust-up, emit, expectorate, fall, gesticulate, gesture, hit, impact, impinge on, leg covering, legging, leging [non-standard], let loose, let out, motion, offspring, pin, precipitate, quarrel, rain, rain down, row[2], run into, run-in [informal], scrap, slanging match [Brit, informal], spawn, spit out, spit up, strike, utter, words, wrangle, young

Part of: Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia

Encyclopedia: Spat