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spatEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Old English spittan, spætan.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗spatEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Uncertain; perhaps related to spit.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗spatEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗spatEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
1804. American English, probably imitative.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗spatEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Attested from 1823.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗spatEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
From Latin spatium (“space”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- SpatEnglish · e-38700-2612
Spat, spat, pa.t. of spit, to throw from the mouth.
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Spat, spat, n. the spawn of shellfish.—v.i. to shed spawn. [From root of spit.]
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Spat, spat, n. a slap: a large drop, as of rain: a petty quarrel.—v.t. to slap, to strike lightly.—v.i. to engage in a petty quarrel.
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Spat, spat, n. a gaiter or legging—usually in pl. [Spatter-dashes.]
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