spatting
noun
1.
a petty quarrel.
2.
a light blow; slap; smack.
verb (used without object)
3.
to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute.
4.
to splash or spatter; rain spatting against the window.
verb (used with object)
5.
to strike lightly; slap.
Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; perhaps imitative
1795–1805, Americanism; perhaps imitative
Synonyms
1. tiff, scrap, set-to.
1. tiff, scrap, set-to.
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verb
a simple past tense and past participle of spit1.
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spat1 (spæt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | rare a slap or smack |
| 2. | a slight quarrel |
| —vb , spats, spatting, spatted | |
| 3. | rare to slap (someone) |
| 4. | (US), (Canadian), (NZ) (intr) to have a slight quarrel |
| [C19: probably imitative of the sound of quarrelling] | |
| spat2 (spæt) | |
| —vb | |
| a past tense and past participle of spit | |
| spat3 (spæt) | |
| —n | |
| another name for gaiter | |
| [C19: short for | |
| spat4 (spæt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a larval oyster or similar bivalve mollusc, esp when it settles to the sea bottom and starts to develop a shell |
| 2. | such oysters or other molluscs collectively |
| [C17: from Anglo-Norman spat; perhaps related to | |
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Word Origin & History
spat
"petty quarrel," 1804, Amer.Eng., of unknown origin; perhaps somehow imitative (cf. spat "smack, slap," attested from 1823).
spat
"short gaiter covering the ankle," 1779, shortening of spatterdash "long gaiter to keep trousers or stockings from being spattered with mud" (1687), from spatter and dash (v.).
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