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To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

Example: a hot pan spitting droplets of fat

To utter (something) violently.

(hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.

A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

(often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

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

A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

Example: get into a trivial spat over punctuality

To quarrel or argue briefly.

A light blow with something flat.

To strike with a spattering sound.

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

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