plural of spat

A stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe. / A similar device for horses.

(often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe. / (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

To quarrel or argue briefly.

simple past tense and past participle of spit

A light blow with something flat.

(transitive, intransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs. / A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

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