spat

  • 41spät — spä̲t, später, spätest ; Adj; 1 am Ende eines Zeitabschnitts ↔ früh <am späten Abend; spät am Abend>: Es ist schon spät, ich muss ins Bett; In den späten Sechzigerjahren kam es zu großen Demonstrationen der Studenten || K : Spätgotik,… …

    Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • 42Spat — Spat1 Sm blättrig brechende Gesteinsart per. Wortschatz fach. (11. Jh.), mhd. spat, ahd. spat, mndd. spat Stammwort. Sonst nicht bezeugt. Es könnte auf die gleiche Grundlage wie Span zurückgehen (das ebenfalls etymologisch unklar ist). ✎ Lüschen… …

    Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 43spat — I [[t]spæt[/t]] n. v. spat•ted, spat•ting 1) a petty quarrel 2) a light blow; slap; smack 3) to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute 4) to splash or spatter • Etymology: 1795–1805, amer.; perh. imit. II spat [[t]spæt[/t]] v. a pt. and pp. of spit …

    From formal English to slang

  • 44spat — I. /spæt / (say spat) noun 1. a light blow; a slap; a smack. 2. a petty quarrel. –verb (spatted, spatting) –verb (i) 3. to slap. 4. to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute. 5. to splash; spatter. –verb (t) 6. to strike lightly; slap. {probably… …

  • 45spat — spat1 /spat/, n., v., spatted, spatting. n. 1. a petty quarrel. 2. a light blow; slap; smack. v.i. 3. to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute. 4. to splash or spatter; rain spatting against the window. v.t. 5. to strike lightly; slap. [1795 1805 …

    Universalium

  • 46spat — I n. quarrel to have a spat with II v. (D; intr.) ( to quarrel ) to spat with * * * [spæt] (D; intr.) ( to quarrel ) to spat with [ quarrel ] to have a spat with …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 47spat — English has three words spat (not counting the past form of spit). The oldest, ‘young of an oyster or similar shellfish’ [17], comes from Anglo Norman spat, but the origins of that are unknown. Spat ‘shoe covering’ [19] is short for the earlier… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 48spat — English has three words spat (not counting the past form of spit). The oldest, ‘young of an oyster or similar shellfish’ [17], comes from Anglo Norman spat, but the origins of that are unknown. Spat ‘shoe covering’ [19] is short for the earlier… …

    Word origins

  • 49Spat — Spit Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spit} ({Spat}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spitting}.] [AS. spittan; akin to G. sp[ u]tzen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp?ta, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp?tte, from sp?tan to spit. Cf.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 50Spat — Recorded in many forms including Spat, Spath, Spaeth, Spaett, Spatt, Spaten, Spatic, Spatig, Spaten, Spait, Spatu, and no doubt others, this can best be described as being a North European surname of pre 7th century Germanic origins. It… …

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