noun
- a brief petty quarrel or disagreement
- a young oyster or similar shellfish
Usage: informal
Usage: technical
verb
- past tense of spit
Examples
- The siblings had a brief spat over who would use the computer first.
- After their spat yesterday, they made up and were friends again.
- He spat out the bitter medicine immediately.
- She spat the watermelon seeds into her hand.
- The oyster farmer collected spat to grow in his beds.
- Young spat attach themselves to rocks and shells in the ocean.