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spat
English
- 🔊 a young oyster or other bivalve
- 🔊 a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- 🔊 a quarrel about petty points
- 🔊 spawn“oysters spat”
- 🔊 engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- 🔊 strike with a sound like that of falling rain“Bullets were spatting the leaves”
- 🔊 become permanently attached“mollusks or oysters spat”
- 🔊 come down like raindrops“Bullets were spatting down on us”
- 🔊 clap one's hands together“The children were clapping to the music”
- 🔊 clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval