Synonym: bicker, differ, disagree, dispute, fight, quarrel, squabble, tiff. Similar words: spate, spatula, dispatch, span, space, spark, spawn, sparse. Meaning: [spæt] n. 1. a quarrel about petty points 2. a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles 3. a young oyster or other bivalve. v. 1. come down like raindrops 2. become permanently attached 3. strike with a sound like that of falling rain 4. clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval 5. engage in a brief and petty quarrel 6. spawn 7. clap one's hands together.
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61. On the dunes Angus had put a match to the bonfire which crackled, spat, and flared up.
62. But the Tarvarian only muttered something under his breath, and spat left and right.
63. She opened her mouth, but spat out the sweet and sour liquid which splashed on to her tongue.
64. He spat a bit as he spoke and Carrie dreaded the moment when she would have to shake hands and be spat at.
65. Through sobs, Ali answered in Arabic the questions that were spat at him from the darkness.
66. Rory spat bits out of his mouth, blinked the white dust out of his eyes.
67. George spat into the dirt and pulled the knife out of the girl's leg, then he began to undress her.
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68. More and more, we are drawn to the divisive spat at the expense of the thoughtful insight.
69. When at last he spoke, the words were spat out in sharp interrogation.
70. The infant spat out its porridge, and even without teeth enjoyed chewing on a piece of bread.
71. She choked and spat out some seawater and then swallowed a lungful as she went into a spasm again.
72. As they passed through the town of Isserre, spots of rain spat on to the windscreen.
73. That spat did little for her confidence as she faced a battery of cameras waiting outside Goldsmiths Hall.
74. The girls were having a spat in the back of the car over who got to use the armrest.
75. I had brought fizzy drinks but both women spat the stuff out, having never tasted it before.
76. This is all a spat between Fidel and that one over there.
77. The papers screamed superlatives, and La Scala, sulking after a resounding flop with Don Carlos, scowled and spat.
78. Finally she spat angrily at the door of the building and shambled on her way, oblivious to the pelting rain.
79. Rory sucked at the tiny wound and spat, trying to remove any dirt.
80. I spat in my hand and gave Claude long, slipping strokes.
81. Small Dave ground his teeth and spat into the daylight.
82. The ledges gleamed in the air briefly in the gray light then plummeted as the water gargled and spat all around them.
83. It was really frustrating for the hawk - cries of anguish spat from his tongue.
84. As he pushed the calf's head towards the udder he spat to rid himself of the polluting sight of birth.
85. The fire was a mess of glowing embers that spat at the light rain.
86. He spat out a black-misted growl, and the pirate crew suddenly began to subside.
87. The clash is expected to be resolved via government pressure and the spat is more sound than substance, say analysts.
88. She would have spat in his face, but that struck her as being unladylike.
89. The diplomatic spat over whaling comes two weeks before the International Whaling Commission meets in London.
90. He was so offended by my cover that he spat on me.