What part of speech is spat?

Spat can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. spat is a verb, present, 1st person singular of spat (infinitive).
  • 2. spat is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. spat is a noun, singular of spats / spat.
  • 4. spat is a noun, plural of spat.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does spat mean?

Definitions

Verb

spat - spawn; "oysters spat"
spat - engage in a brief and petty quarrel
spat - become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
spat - strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"
spat - come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"
spat - clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
spat - clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music"

Noun

spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
spat - a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
spat - a quarrel about petty points

Examples of spat

#   Sentence  
1. verb Oysters spat.
2. verb Mollusks or oysters spat.
3. verb He spat on the ground in disgust.
4. verb Quick as a flash, the marionette sank his teeth deep into the Assassin's hand, bit it off and spat it out.
5. verb He spat on the ground.
6. verb Sami just spat on me.
7. verb Sami spat the water on Layla.
8. verb I spat.
9. verb He spat on her.
10. verb A woman arrested for traffic offenses spat in the face of a police officer before she was thrown to the ground.
11. verb A supermarket worker was physically assaulted and spat on by a woman who was angry at restrictions at the supermarket.
12. verb If the leader of the separatists comes to our region, he will be spat at and kicked out.
13. verb Yanni spat out the milk.
14. verb He spat.
15. verb In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
16. noun They had a spat yesterday.
17. noun The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate Appeared to know as sure as fate There was going to be a terrible spat.
18. noun Tom spat.
19. noun Nurses and midwives have said they had been assaulted on trains and buses, refused service at grocery stores and spat on by members of the public who have accused them of spreading the virus.
20. noun Tom spat in my face.
21. noun The professors had a spat.
22. noun Please spit.
23. noun Upon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.
24. noun As soon as the play was over, the Director went to the kitchen, where a fine big lamb was slowly turning on the spit. More wood was needed to finish cooking it.
25. noun It's good roasted on a spit.
26. noun The waiter spit in the soup.
27. noun The hands trying to untie the knots / the ribbons speckled on the forehead / of poisonous spit, horrendous cries / he goes vibrating, making the air pulsate.
28. noun Tom spit.
29. noun Unlike any other planet in our solar system, Uranus spins almost perfectly on its side — like a pig on a spit roast — completing a barrel roll once every 17 hours.
Sentence  
verb
Oysters spat.
Mollusks or oysters spat.
He spat on the ground in disgust.
Quick as a flash, the marionette sank his teeth deep into the Assassin's hand, bit it off and spat it out.
He spat on the ground.
Sami just spat on me.
Sami spat the water on Layla.
I spat.
He spat on her.
A woman arrested for traffic offenses spat in the face of a police officer before she was thrown to the ground.
A supermarket worker was physically assaulted and spat on by a woman who was angry at restrictions at the supermarket.
If the leader of the separatists comes to our region, he will be spat at and kicked out.
Yanni spat out the milk.
He spat.
In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
noun
They had a spat yesterday.
The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate Appeared to know as sure as fate There was going to be a terrible spat.
Tom spat.
Nurses and midwives have said they had been assaulted on trains and buses, refused service at grocery stores and spat on by members of the public who have accused them of spreading the virus.
Tom spat in my face.
The professors had a spat.
Please spit.
Upon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.
As soon as the play was over, the Director went to the kitchen, where a fine big lamb was slowly turning on the spit. More wood was needed to finish cooking it.
It's good roasted on a spit.
The waiter spit in the soup.
The hands trying to untie the knots / the ribbons speckled on the forehead / of poisonous spit, horrendous cries / he goes vibrating, making the air pulsate.
Tom spit.
Unlike any other planet in our solar system, Uranus spins almost perfectly on its side — like a pig on a spit roast — completing a barrel roll once every 17 hours.

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