spat

1. (countable, uncountable)The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.

2. (countable, uncountable)A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

3. (in the plural, often)A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

   Gamasche, Überschuh

   ге́траgétra, гама́шаgamáša, штибле́таštibléta

4. (Australia, UK)A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

   Kotflügel

5. A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.

6. A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

   get into a trivial spat over punctuality

   have a vicious spat with the cousins

   Wortwechsel, Zank, Streit

   спорspor, размо́лвкаrazmólvka, ссо́раssóra

7. A light blow with something flat.

8. An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.

1. When it comes to marital spats, there are usually two sides to the story.

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2. In schools everywhere sports-wear is all spats and shorts.

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3. When it comes to marital spats, there's usually two sides to the story.

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4. Our P.E. kit was just shorts but now it's spats from today.

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