spat
Minor verbal clash
Spat has two unrelated meanings.
A spat is a brief, petty quarrel: They had a spat over whose turn it was to cook.
The verb means to quarrel this way.
Separately, spats are cloth or leather coverings worn over shoes and ankles, now old-fashioned but once standard formal wear.
Spat is also the past tense of spit.
Trivial noisy argument
- tiffMinor interpersonal dispute
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
argument · row · falling-out · misunderstanding · wrangle · altercation · contention · discord
Pearl-bearing edible mollusk
- spawnAquatic eggs or generate
- larvaImmature feeding stage
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- juvenileYoung person or animal
shellfish · mollusk · aquaculture · mariculture · estuary · cultivation · harvest · bed
Expelled mouth moisture
- expectoratedExpelled saliva or mucus
- ejectedForcibly removed
- sprayedEmitted in fine drops
- projectedCast outward or forecast
Disc through a hole
- leatherTanned animal skin
- clothWoven or knit material
- instepFoot's upper arch
- dress shoeFormal footwear for occasions
formal wear · Victorian · Edwardian · dandy · dapper · buckle · protective covering
squabble
Trivial noisy argument
- tiffMinor interpersonal dispute
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
dispute · argument · row · falling-out · misunderstanding · wrangle · altercation · contention · discord · friction
oyster
Pearl-bearing edible mollusk
juvenile · shellfish · mollusk · aquaculture · mariculture · estuary · cultivation · harvest · bed · reef
spit
Expelled mouth moisture
- expectoratedExpelled saliva or mucus
- ejectedForcibly removed
- sprayedEmitted in fine drops
button
Disc through a hole
dress shoe · formal wear · Victorian · Edwardian · dandy · dapper · buckle · protective covering
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- argumentsargument, arguing, disagreement, bickering, dispute
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- disagreementsdisagree, argue, dispute, quarrel, argument
- disputesargument, beef, bicker, clash, conflict
- relationship problemsaffair, disloyalty, adultery, unfaithfulness, cheating
spatagreement
Shared position between parties
accord · harmony · reconciliation · peace · concord
spatfeud
Bitter ongoing rivalry
war · vendetta · blood feud · bitter rivalry · grudge match
- spat outForcibly ejected orally
- blood spatterDispersed droplets of blood
spatter, spattered, spats, spatters, spattering, bespatter, bespattered