Meaning of "spat" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPAT

Probably imitative of the sound of quarrelling.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SPAT

spat  [spæt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPAT

Spat is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb spat in English.

WHAT DOES SPAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spat

Spat may refer to: ▪ Spat, a unit of solid angle ▪ Spats, a type of shoe accessory ▪ Wheel spats, British term for aerodynamic fairings that reduce the drag on fixed-undercarriage aircraft ▪ Spat, the past tense of spit ▪ Spat, settled larvae of shellfish such as oysters and scallops ▪ Spat, the main villain in the game Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak ▪ SPAT, Toamasina Autonomous Port of Madagascar, from French Société de Gestion du Port Autonome de Toamasina ▪ S.P.A.T., Polish Special Forces, from Polish Samodzielny Pododdział Antyterrorystyczny Komisariatu Policji...

Definition of spat in the English dictionary

The first definition of spat in the dictionary is a slap or smack. Other definition of spat is a slight quarrel. Spat is also to slap.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPAT

PRESENT

Present

I spat

you spat

he/she/it spats

we spat

you spat

they spat

Present continuous

I am spatting

you are spatting

he/she/it is spatting

we are spatting

you are spatting

they are spatting

Present perfect

I have spatted

you have spatted

he/she/it has spatted

we have spatted

you have spatted

they have spatted

Present perfect continuous

I have been spatting

you have been spatting

he/she/it has been spatting

we have been spatting

you have been spatting

they have been spatting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I spatted

you spatted

he/she/it spatted

we spatted

you spatted

they spatted

Past continuous

I was spatting

you were spatting

he/she/it was spatting

we were spatting

you were spatting

they were spatting

Past perfect

I had spatted

you had spatted

he/she/it had spatted

we had spatted

you had spatted

they had spatted

Past perfect continuous

I had been spatting

you had been spatting

he/she/it had been spatting

we had been spatting

you had been spatting

they had been spatting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will spat

you will spat

he/she/it will spat

we will spat

you will spat

they will spat

Future continuous

I will be spatting

you will be spatting

he/she/it will be spatting

we will be spatting

you will be spatting

they will be spatting

Future perfect

I will have spatted

you will have spatted

he/she/it will have spatted

we will have spatted

you will have spatted

they will have spatted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been spatting

you will have been spatting

he/she/it will have been spatting

we will have been spatting

you will have been spatting

they will have been spatting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would spat

you would spat

he/she/it would spat

we would spat

you would spat

they would spat

Conditional continuous

I would be spatting

you would be spatting

he/she/it would be spatting

we would be spatting

you would be spatting

they would be spatting

Conditional perfect

I would have spat

you would have spat

he/she/it would have spat

we would have spat

you would have spat

they would have spat

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been spatting

you would have been spatting

he/she/it would have been spatting

we would have been spatting

you would have been spatting

they would have been spatting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you spat
we let´s spat
you spat

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to spat

Past participle

spatted

Present Participle

spatting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SPAT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spat» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of spat

altercation · bark · bickering · contention · controversy · crackle · discharge · dispute · dribble · drizzle · drool · eject · expectorate · flob · gob · hiss · hoick · quarrel · saliva · sizzle · slaver · snap · snarl · spittle · spot · sputter · sputum · squabble · throw out · tiff · turf war

TRANSLATION OF SPAT

Find out the translation of spat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of spat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spat» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 口角
• Translator English - Spanish: escupió
• English: spat
• Translator English - Hindi: विवाद
• Translator English - Arabic: خلاف
• Translator English - Russian: плюнул
• Translator English - Portuguese: cuspiu
• Translator English - Bengali: লম্বা মোজাবন্ধনী
• Translator English - French: naissain
• Translator English - Malay: Meludah
• Translator English - German: spuckte
• Translator English - Japanese: スパッツ
• Translator English - Korean: 말다툼
• Translator English - Javanese: Spat
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đẻ
• Translator English - Tamil: சண்டையை
• Translator English - Marathi: थुंकणे
• Translator English - Turkish: atışma
• Translator English - Italian: spat
• Translator English - Polish: splunął
• Translator English - Ukrainian: плюнув
• Translator English - Romanian: scuipat
• Translator English - Greek: έφτυσε
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gespoeg
• Translator English - Swedish: spottade
• Translator English - Norwegian: spyttet

6 QUOTES WITH «SPAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spat.

1

Lou Doillon

I was kind of ashamed of my bourgeois family as a teenager, I guess - I had dreadlocks, shopped in thrift stores and pretended I had no money. At that time, I would have spat on a girl who was buying Yves Saint Laurent.

2

Evander Holyfield

I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions.

3

Dev Hynes

A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple of times from being beaten up so badly.

4

Chris Martin

I could be walking down the street one minute and get a handshake and then get spat on the next. I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet.

5

Kate Moss

People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.

6

Troy Perry

We've had drive-by shootings. I've been spat on, slapped, shot at. One guy tried to stab me with a broken beer bottle. But the way we look at it, if people do the worst they can, we'll still wake up in glory.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPAT»

Discover the use of spat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam

Edited by Amitai Etzioni, one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our time, this collection provides a compelling overview of the impact that holidays and rituals have on our family and communal life.

Jerry Lembcke, 1998

Conjugaison des verbes anglais irreguliers

Present présent  I spit  You spit  He spits  We spit  You spit  They spit Preterite passé simple  I spat  You spat  He spat  We spat  You spat  They spat Future futur simple  I will spit  You will spit  He will spit  We will spit ...

pierre elemento

Aquaculture: An Introductory Text

The simplest thing to do would be to spread dead oyster shell (cultch) at the bottom in a location where natural oyster beds are sparse or do not occur in order to provide substrate for the oyster larvae (spat) to settle on, attach to, and grow to  ...

Robert R. Stickney, 2009

Advances in Marine Biology APL

TABLE I. AVERAGE NUMBER or SPAT/COLLECTOR IN Mursu BAY (JULY ANALYSIS) Year No. of spat 1967 1012 1968 2089 1969 405 1970 10 124 1971 10 732 1972 31 023 1973 616 1974 44 907 1975 61 230 1976 4028 1977 15 917 ...

J. H. S. Blaxter, Frederick Stratten Russell, Charles Maurice Yonge, 1982

The Pearl Oyster

(1998c) reported reduced growth of Pinctada maxima spat, with increasing density of larvae at settlement, resulting from increased competition for space and food. A setting density of no more than 1 larva/mL was recommended for P. maxima ...

Paul Southgate, John Lucas, 2011

Case Studies in Fisheries Self-governance

TABLE 1 Landings, vessels, and TACC for Southern Scallops, 1959-2006 FIGURE 3 Spat catching sites in Golden and Tasman Bays and statistical reporting areas Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) in association with private organisations.

Ralph Edwin Townsend, Ross Shotton, Hirotsugu Uchida, 2008

Water Chlorination: Chemistry, Environmental Impact and ...

Survival and Growth Experiments For Experiment 1 (June 7 - 14), initial mean spat length was 2.48 ± 0.54 mm. After a 1-week exposure, survival ranged from 25 to 100% (Table 1). The growth increment ranged from 0.00 to 1.56 mm/mm initial ...

Jolley, 1990

Scallop Farming

It is therefore important not to ship spat on hot days. Exposure to freshwater must be avoided, so the consignment will need to be covered to protect it from the rain. However, spat also need oxygen so air must be allowed to circulate around ...

David Hardy, 2008

The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence

In an action of trespass for taking the soil of a river and the oyster spat adhering thereto, the defendant pleaded the common right of all subjects to fish in a navigable river. The replication set forth that the spat teas the brood of young oysters, ...

‎1840

The British Drama: Comedies. 2 v

hi: FF in' LillLord Fol. 'I_'he easy impudence of the rascal puts me out ol all patience ! [_4_;,'d¢_ Spat. My lord! Lord Fal. The last time I saw vou, sir, you were rewarded for the good you had done; vou must expect now to he chastised for vour ...

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spat is used in the context of the following news items.

Man 'spat blood and headbutted police' at hospital

Two Queensland police officers will undergo disease testing after a man allegedly headbutted and spat blood at them at a hospital north of Brisbane. «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»

Tolerance vs. Pride? Spat on by parade-goers, Catholic priest has …

“The two men who spat on me are probably very good man (sic) caught up in excitement and past resentment,” he wrote. “Most in that parade would not do that.”. «Fox News, Jun 15»

Spat over Vanderbilt family mansion gets public and nasty

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- The Vanderbilt family, once synonymous with American wealth and power, has fallen into a full-blown public spat with the organization ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Jun 15»

Ugly spat over cost of business travel escalating within top ranks of …

An ugly internal spat over business trips is escalating at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, with one senior government ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»

Police officer bitten, spat in alleged assault while trying to arrest man …

A police officer has allegedly been bitten and spat on while attempting to arrest a man in a northern Brisbane suburb. Police were called to a residence on ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»

John Cleese: My Twitter spat with Piers Morgan was just …

John Cleese has admitted he enjoyed his Twitter spat with Piers Morgan. The Monty Python star described the online war of words, which broke out following an ... «BT.com, Jun 15»

Greece: Religious relics displayed at hospital causes spat

The display at Saint Savvas state hospital has caused a spat between the powerful Orthodox Church and members of the country's new left-wing government, ... «Yahoo News UK, May 15»

Courtney Love in spat with artist over tour merchandise

NEW YORK - Courtney Love is embroiled in a spat with an artist over allegations she failed to pay him for creating designs for her tour merchandise. He's the ... «KOMO News, May 15»

Israel, New Zealand resolve diplomatic spat over new envoy

New Zealand's foreign ministry announced in February that it had appointed a separate envoy to the Palestinians, effectively ending the spat. President Reuven ... «Ynetnews, Apr 15»

Saudis says no to Swedish monkeys after diplomatic spat

Swedish zoo say the transfer of four monkeys to a zoo in Riyadh denied by Saudi authorities, who cited diplomatic spat between the two countries as reasoning. «Ynetnews, Apr 15»