Spat vs. Spitted — What's the Difference?

A past tense and a past participle of spit1.

Saliva, especially when expectorated; spittle.

To engage in a brief quarrel.

The act of expectorating.

To strike with a light spattering sound; slap.

Something, such as the frothy secretion of spittle bugs, that resembles spit.

To slap.

A brief, scattered rainfall or snowfall.

A larva of an oyster or similar bivalve that has settled by attaching to a surface.

(Informal) The perfect likeness

A cloth or leather gaiter covering the shoe upper and the ankle and fastening under the shoe with a strap

A slender, pointed rod on which meat is impaled for roasting.

A brief quarrel.

A narrow point of land extending into a body of water.

(Informal) A slap or smack.

To eject from the mouth

A spattering sound, as of raindrops.

To eject as if from the mouth

Simple past tense and past participle of spit

To emit suddenly and forcefully

(ambitransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

To eject matter from the mouth; expectorate.

To quarrel or argue briefly.

To express contempt or animosity, especially by ejecting matter from the mouth.

To strike with a spattering sound.

To make a hissing or sputtering noise

To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.

To rain or snow in light, scattered drops or flakes.

The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.

To impale on or as if on a spit.

A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

Simple past tense and past participle of spitEtymology 1

A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

(nonstandard) spit expectorate, etc, Etymology 2

A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

Shot out long; said of antlers.

(aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.

Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.

A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

Shot out long; - said of antlers.

A light blow with something flat.

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

A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.

A light blow with something flat.

Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.

A legging; a gaiter.

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

To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.

To dispute.

To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.

A quarrel about petty points

A cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles

A young oyster or other bivalve

Come down like raindrops;

Become permanently attached;

Strike with a sound like that of falling rain;

Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

Engage in a brief and petty quarrel

Spawn;

Clap one's hands together;