Spat is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like quarrel or clap. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Spat in a sentence
Related words
Spat meaning
simple past and past participle of spit
Synonyms of Spat
Using Spat
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of spit
- Useful related words include: quarrel, clap, gesticulate, gesture.
- In the example corpus, spat often appears in combinations such as: spat with, spat at, spat on.
Context around Spat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spat
- In this selection, "spat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, public, congratulations, ugly, further, triggered and leblanc stand out and add context to how "spat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a public spat further tarnished and a public spat with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spat" sits close to words such as abrupt, bulgarian and candid, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
ChatGPT did its stuff and spat out the code. (9 words)
He spat in the garda’s face and called him a ‘scumbag’ during the incident. (15 words)
As this was happening, he looked directly at Officer Thomas Price and spat at his face. (16 words)
Recalling the incident post-match towards the end of his tenure when he was spat on, Pennock said: “I was walking my son back to the car park and these lads, 19 or 20-year-olds, came behind me and spat on the back of my head. (47 words)
At the hearing, the Chairman of the Committee on Works, Akin Alabi (APC, Oyo) and the Chairman Board of Trustees of the NSE, Emeka Eze, had a spat on the power of the House to take legislative action on the adoption of concrete technology. (44 words)
A Canadian-Armenian member of the opposition Dashnaktsutyun party claimed that Simonian ordered his bodyguards to overpower him and then spat in his face after he branded the latter a “traitor” on a street in downtown Yerevan on Sunday. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Recalling the incident post-match towards the end of his tenure when he was spat on, Pennock said: “I was walking my son back to the car park and these lads, 19 or 20-year-olds, came behind me and spat on the back of my head.
In a blazing fury of defiance, she refused his congratulations, spat out his forced cigarette, and spat in his face.
Peters, p. 208. * The past tense of spit "expectorate" is spat in BrE, spit or spat in AmE.
A Canadian-Armenian member of the opposition Dashnaktsutyun party claimed that Simonian ordered his bodyguards to overpower him and then spat in his face after he branded the latter a “traitor” on a street in downtown Yerevan on Sunday.
A public spat further tarnished his wholesome image when the girlfriend he was living with at the time laid claim to his fortune and legacy, though the estate feud was quietly settled by the end of 2012.
A public spat with the Panamanian government over Cobre Panama, a possible revision in Zambian royalties and even inclement weather has conspired to impact production output.
As this was happening, he looked directly at Officer Thomas Price and spat at his face.
At the hearing, the Chairman of the Committee on Works, Akin Alabi (APC, Oyo) and the Chairman Board of Trustees of the NSE, Emeka Eze, had a spat on the power of the House to take legislative action on the adoption of concrete technology.
But the tour was mostly remember for his ugly spat with South Africa pacer Allan Donald in the final.
CBC has paused its Twitter activities over the labeling, a spat that has also drawn in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival Pierre Poilievre.
ChatGPT did its stuff and spat out the code.
Depa claimed he would 'beat her up every time she takes away his game,' and spat on Naydich as deputies escorted him away, according to the arrest report.
During Lucknow Super GiantsтАЩ (LSG) home game against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB),an on-field spat triggered a football-style clash between the two teams, and saw angry exchanges between rival players and support staff.
Earlier, Kohli also got involved in a verbal spat with LSG fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq during the customary handshake after the game.
Feedback on “'That is an urban myth': John Boyne claims he never had a spat with Auschwitz memorial museum”.
Following that public spat, LeBlanc’s office set up a meeting with the other party House leaders, which took place Friday evening.
For the past few months, there have been rumours of a spat between director Lokesh Kanagarj and Vijay.
He later spat blood in the back of a police van and at the station stripped naked and started masturbating in front of officers who were trying to interview him.
He said his mother had burned his hands on the gas ring, almost drowned him in his bath and even tried to kill him by forcing him to take pills which he spat out without her knowing.
He spat in the garda’s face and called him a ‘scumbag’ during the incident.
Common combinations with spat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- spat with 32×
- spat at 25×
- spat on 19×
- spat between 19×
- and spat 18×
- the spat 16×
- spat in 14×
- public spat 13×
- spat out 12×
- spat over 9×