how to pronounce spat

noun:

1. The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
2. A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
3. A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
4. A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
5. A light blow with something flat.
6. An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
7. A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
8. A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

verb:

1. To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
2. Simple past tense and past participle of spit.
3. To quarrel or argue briefly.
4. To strike with a spattering sound.
5. To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.