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  1. bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fussnoun

    a quarrel about petty points

    Synonyms:
    squabble, dither, pettifoggery, hustle, flap, bicker, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bother, ado, tizzy, bustle, pother, gaiter, trouble, fuss, bickering

  2. spat, gaiternoun

    a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles

    Synonyms:
    fuss, bicker, squabble, gaiter, tiff, bickering, pettifoggery

  3. spatverb

    a young oyster or other bivalve

    Synonyms:
    squabble, tiff, fuss, pettifoggery, bickering, gaiter, bicker

  4. spatverb

    come down like raindrops

    "Bullets were spatting down on us"

    Synonyms:
    clap, acclaim, applaud

  5. spatverb

    become permanently attached

    "mollusks or oysters spat"

    Synonyms:
    clap, acclaim, applaud

  6. spatverb

    strike with a sound like that of falling rain

    "Bullets were spatting the leaves"

    Synonyms:
    clap, acclaim, applaud

  7. applaud, clap, spat, acclaimverb

    clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

    Synonyms:
    clap, acclaim, herald, applaud, hail

  8. spatverb

    engage in a brief and petty quarrel

    Synonyms:
    clap, acclaim, applaud

  9. spatverb

    spawn

    "oysters spat"

    Synonyms:
    clap, acclaim, applaud

  10. clap, spatverb

    clap one's hands together

    "The children were clapping to the music"

    Synonyms:
    acclaim, clap, applaud

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. spatnoun

    Synonyms:
    [local, U. S.] petty dispute, petty quarrel, war of words

  2. spatverb

    Synonyms:
    dispute, wrangle, quarrel, spar, bicker, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. spatnoun

    Synonyms:
    tiff, quarrel, dispute, dissension

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "spat":

    spatin, psat, spit, seed, brawl

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How to use spat in a sentence?

  1. Ole Hansen:

    The U.S.-China trade spat seems to be hotting up again after yesterday's announcement from the White House, the global growth and demand outlook does not need a new political/financial crisis in Europe and a potential trade war between the world's two biggest economies.

  2. Donald Trump:

    We're having a little spat with China and we'll win it, we put a lot of tariffs on China today, as President Donald Trump on Friday know. They put some on us, we put a lot on them.

  3. Mark Brown:

    It's very hard to predict what will transpire, there isn't going to be any certainty over whether it's going to be a one-week spat or a two-year spat.

  4. David Weinberg:

    The process that Secretary of State Kerry has been working very hard to put together was poised for failure before this Gulf spat, it is poised for failure after this Gulf spat.

  5. Jonathan Palmer:

    Everyone's watching you... you have to be a ruthless person and look out for yourself a lot. If you don't you are going to get spat out, i fully realize that I've got to make the most of it this year. Treat every year as if it could be your last. I can't leave anything on the table. I've got to hit the ground running in Melbourne.


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