spat

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil simple past and past participle of spit

   “There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window.”

2. isim The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.

   “As spat-fall often occurs in areas away from environments suitable for oyster growing, the collection, transport and sale of oyster spat has developed into a separate industry.”

3. isim A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

   “Conditions in pearl oyster hatcheries are optimized for growth and survival of spat.”

4. fiil To spawn, used of shellfish as above.
5. isim A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
6. isim A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
7. isim A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
8. isim A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

   “get into a trivial spat over punctuality”

9. fiil To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
10. isim A light blow with something flat.
11. fiil To strike with a spattering sound.

    “He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney.”

12. fiil To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.

    “Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.”

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