Spat

//spæt//

Synonyms for "spat" (102 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (21)

bicker altercate altercation ankle applaud argument beef bickering blood feud box brawl broil

Noun(4 words)

tiff dissonance bicker bickering

Verb(5 words)

acclaim applaud argue barney bicker

Strong matches (30)

brood buffet burst cast out caterwaul chop clap clutch conflict contention controversy cuff differ dispute donnybrook donnybrook fair embroilment fall fall out falling-out

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farrow fender skirt feud fight flite fliting

Verb(1 words)

clap

Noun(3 words)

dab dustup fender skirt

Related words (51)

fracas fry fuss get hassle hatch have words imbroglio join issue litter logomachy miff nest open quarrel paste polemic punch quarrel scrap set to

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sharp words slanging match slap smack snarl spar spawn spitted squabble strife swack tiff tilt tussle vendetta words wrangle young

Noun(5 words)

fuss gaiter palaver pettifoggery squabble

Verb(8 words)

pettifog quarrel quibble row squabble tiff tift wrangle

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

29 entries

altercate argufy attach collide with come down dispute dustup fall gesticulate gesture hit impinge on leg covering legging leging motion

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Synonyms

5 entries

applaud bicker clap fender skirt spitted

Related terms

1 entries

mul:S

coordinate

1 entries

gaiter

etymologically related_to

4 entries

dash spatter spatterdash spit

form of

1 entries

spit

has context

3 entries

automotive dialect us

is a

2 entries

legging young

manner of

5 entries

attach hit precipitate quarrel spawn

related to

24 entries

argue argument astronomy billion bodywork briefly clap distance falling out gaiter kilometre mollusc obsolete oyster quarrel s

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

72 translations across 19 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

гети noun (covering worn over a shoe)
леко скарване noun (quarrel)
хайвер от стриди noun (spawn of shellfish)
шляпване noun (light blow with something flat)

Catalan

1 entries

polaina noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Czech

1 entries

psí dečka noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Danish

1 entries

gamache noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Dutch

3 entries

ruzie noun (quarrel)
slobkous noun (covering worn over a shoe)
ruzien verb (to quarrel)

Finnish

4 entries

kahina noun (quarrel)
kina noun (quarrel)
kärhämä noun (quarrel)
läpsäisy noun (light blow with something flat)

French

1 entries

guêtre noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Galician

3 entries

calza noun (covering worn over a shoe)
osa noun (covering worn over a shoe)
polaina noun (covering worn over a shoe)

German

4 entries

Auseinandersetzung noun (quarrel)
Gamasche noun (covering worn over a shoe)
Kotflügel noun (automotive: piece of bodywork)
Streit noun (quarrel)

Hungarian

1 entries

kamásni noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Italian

3 entries

disputa noun (quarrel)
dissidio noun (quarrel)
uose noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Japanese

1 entries

スパッツ noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Macedonian

1 entries

гамаш noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Norwegian

1 entries

gamasje noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Polish

3 entries

getry noun (covering worn over a shoe)
sprzeczka noun (quarrel)
sprzeczać się verb (to quarrel)

Portuguese

2 entries

briga noun (quarrel)
polaina noun (covering worn over a shoe)

Russian

4 entries

гама́ша noun (covering worn over a shoe)
ге́тра noun (covering worn over a shoe)
перебра́нка noun (quarrel)
размо́лвка noun (quarrel)

Spanish

4 entries

altercado noun (quarrel)
guardabarros carenado noun (automotive: piece of bodywork)
polaina noun (covering worn over a shoe)
rifirrafe noun (quarrel)

Swedish

3 entries

damask noun (covering worn over a shoe)
gräl noun (quarrel)
gräla verb (to quarrel)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He spat on the ground in disgust.

Source: tatoeba (1343818)

They had a spat yesterday.

Source: tatoeba (1343820)

Quick as a flash, the marionette sank his teeth deep into the Assassin's hand, bit it off and spat it out.

Source: tatoeba (2724580)

He spat on the ground.

Source: tatoeba (4358557)

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