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Definition of spat noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

spat

noun

NAmE//spæt//

1(informal) a short argument or disagreement about something unimportant

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2[usually plural] a cloth covering for the ankle that was worn in the past by men over the shoe and fastened with buttons at the side see spit

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