241. Spat - GRE Vocabulary - Spat / 4 Meanings of Spat

Spat : 침을 뱉다, 옥신각신함, 입씨름, (신발/비행기/자동차/바퀴)커버, (조개류 특히 굴에 붙어있는)유충

4 Meanings of Spat 

 

1)

He spat on the floor, it's rather nasty and rather unhygienic

spit spitted spat

 

2)

a spat, a small argument

They have their little spats at least twice a week

to spat something, to argue about unimportant things

the husband and wife were always spatting, they always were arguing

a spat between countries, a spat between people

only little argument, not a big one

a dispute, quarrel, controversy, squabble

 

3) 

spats, a spat, this is like a piece of cloth or covering that men used to wear over their shoes

to stop the shoes getting spattered with mud, it is the origin of spat

spats are totally out of fashion nowadays

airplane has a little cover over the top , that is also called as a spat

 

4)

a spat, larvae of shellfish, particulary oysters

spats of oysters very often attatched

 

 

Formality : 5

 

 

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