quarrel about an unimportant matter

people expected him and his wife to spat continually

a quarrel about an unimportant matter

when we had our little spats, he had only to smile to get back on the right side of me

a short cloth gaiter covering the instep and ankle

he would stand outside in his bowler hat and spats

an old fellow dressed in spats and dinner suit

a cover for the upper part of an aircraft wheel

new wheel spats were constructed and the large tyres were replaced by much smaller units

the spawn or larvae of shellfish, especially oysters

oyster larvae attach themselves as spat to old shells