spat
spat is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A light blow with something flat. [U.S. & Prov. Eng.]
- 2.Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension. [U. S.]
- 3.To dispute. [R.] Smart.
- 4.To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands. [Local, U.S.] Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. Judd.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrospire
- bantling
- block
- branch
- breed
- brood
- child
- chip
- daughter
- descendant
- descent
- fall
- family
- far
- farrow
- father
- filial
- filiation
- from
- fruit
- generation
- great-grandchild
- heir
- heiress
- heredity
- issue
- like
- line
- lineage
- litter
- man
- off
- offspring
- old
- plumule
- posterity
- presumptive
- primogeniture
- progeny
- ramification
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is spat.
- What is a light blow with something flat. [U.S. & Prov. Eng.] called?
- What is hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension. [U. S.] called?
- What is to slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands. [Local, U.S.] Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. Judd called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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