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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clap |
| Type of | gesture, gesticulate, motion |
spat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | gaiter |
| Type of | leging, leg covering, legging |
spat::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hit, run into, collide with, strike, impinge on |
Bullets were spatting the leaves.
Examples of spat
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Einhorn's spat with Apple played out in the financial press throughout February.
From the businessweek.com
In 2009 he got into a spat with another stock commentator, a man named Hou Ning.
From the businessweek.com
When a man stepped in, Dappy spat at him, a jury at Guildford Crown Court found.
From the independent.co.uk
What this week's spat over anti-Semitism has highlighted is disturbing, even so.
From the economist.com
This inter-island spat, however, is a sideshow to the real threats to the brand.
From the economist.com
The spat got ugly, with a tense exchange on the Senate floor and frosty fallout.
From the washingtonpost.com
Public figures have been spat upon and subjected to racial and homophobic slurs.
From the denverpost.com
For centuries, these statues have been cursed, spat and urinated upon by people.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Hoosier men spat on the sidewalks, and hoosier teenagers all smoked cigarettes.
From the stltoday.com
- Bicker: a quarrel about petty points
- Come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"
- Become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
- A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- A young oyster or other bivalve
- Strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"
- A spat is a type of classic shoe accessory covering the instep and ankle. Spats were primarily worn in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- The spat (symbol sp), from the Latin spatium ("space"), is a unit of solid angle. 1 spat is equal to 4u03C0 steradians or approximately 7004412530000000000u266041253 square degrees of solid angle. As such, it is the solid angle of a sphere.
- (Spats (aircraft)) A fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag.Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, Third Edition, page 206. Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc, Newcastle Washington, 1997. ISBN 1-56027-287-2
