spats

Meaning of spats

plural noun
  1. a short cloth gaiter covering the instep and ankle.
  2. a cover for the upper part of an aircraft wheel.

early 19th century: abbreviation of spatterdash.

plural noun
  1. 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
verb, 3rd person present
  1. quarrel about an unimportant matter.
    people expected him and his wife to spat continually

early 19th century (originally a US colloquial usage): probably imitative.

Information about spats

  • The singular form of spats is: spat.
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Hyphenation of spats

spats

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • spats is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of spats

pasts, staps

Words that rhyme with spats

pats, pitapats, standpats, bepats, talipats, cowpats, expats

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