spat
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(form of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of spit
There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window.
If I had known you had a spittoon in the corner I would never have spat on the floor.
- 2.
(ambitransitive)To spawn, used of shellfish as above.
- 3.
(intransitive)(intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
Đồng nghĩa: tiff, squabble, barney, bicker, quarrel, wrangle, argue, tiff, tift, quibble, row, pettifog
- 4.
(intransitive, transitive)(transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
- 5.
(US, dialectal)(US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
- 3.
(in plural, often)(often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- 4.
(Australia, UK)(automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
Đồng nghĩa: fender skirt
- 5.
(aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
- 6.
A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
get into a trivial spat over punctuality
have a vicious spat with the cousins
Đồng nghĩa: tiff
- 7.
A light blow with something flat.
- 8.
An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
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From Old English spittan, spætan.