Spat
noun
- 1.
- (1. A brief quarrel. 2. Informal. A slap or smack. 3. A spattering sound, as of raindrops) ជម្លោះកំប៉ិកកំប៉ុក
verb — past tense: spatted ; past participle: spatted ; present participle: spatting ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (1. To engage in a brief quarrel. 2. To strike with a light spattering sound; slap. Informal. To slap) ឈ្លោះគ្នា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
- 2.
- A light blow with something flat.
- 3.
- Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
- 4.
- A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; -- chiefly in pl.
verb — past tense: spatted ; past participle: spatted ; present participle: spatting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE) To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
- 1.
- To dispute
- 2.
- A legging, a gaiter