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Definition of spat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spat

noun
 
/spæt/
 
/spæt/
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  1. (informal) a short argument about something unimportantTopics Opinion and argumentc2
  2. [usually plural] a piece of cloth that covers the ankle, worn in the past by men over the shoe and fastened with buttons at the side
    3. Word Originsense 2 early 19th cent.: abbreviation of spatterdash.sense 1 early 19th cent. (originally a US colloquial usage): probably imitative.
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