Căutare în Webster - Dicționarul explicativ al limbii engleze

Pentru căutare rapidă introduceți minim 3 litere.

 

SPAT - Definiția din dicționar

Traducere: română


Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.

Spat (?), imp. of Spit. [Obs. or R.]
[1913 Webster]

 

Spat, n. [From the root of spit; hence, literally, that which is ejected.] A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
[1913 Webster]

 

Spat, v. i. & t. To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
[1913 Webster]

 

Spat, n. [Cf. Pat.] 1. A light blow with something flat. [U.S. & Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]

 

Spat, v. i. To dispute. [R.] Smart.
[1913 Webster]

 

Spat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spatting.] To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands. [Local, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]

Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. Judd.
[1913 Webster]

 

Spat, n. [Short for Spatterdash.] 1. A legging; a gaiter. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; -- chiefly in pl.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]