Synonyms: spat
Definition: a young oyster or other bivalve
Definition: a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
Similar words: leg covering, legging, leging
Definition: a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff, pettifoggery
Definition: a quarrel about petty points
Similar words: dustup, words, wrangle, quarrel, row, run-in
Definition: an angry dispute
Usage: they had a quarrel; they had words
Definition: clap one's hands together
Usage: The children were clapping to the music
Similar words: gesticulate, gesture, motion
Definition: show, express or direct through movement
Usage: He gestured his desire to leave
Synonyms: spat
Definition: spawn
Usage: oysters spat
Synonyms: spat
Definition: engage in a brief and petty quarrel
Similar words: quarrel, dispute, argufy, altercate, scrap
Definition: have a disagreement over something
Usage: We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America; These two fellows are always scrapping over something
Synonyms: spat, clap, acclaim, applaud
Definition: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
Similar words: gesticulate, gesture, motion
Definition: show, express or direct through movement
Usage: He gestured his desire to leave
Synonyms: spat
Definition: strike with a sound like that of falling rain
Usage: Bullets were spatting the leaves
Similar words: hit, impinge on, collide with, strike, run into
Definition: hit against; come into sudden contact with
Usage: The car hit a tree; He struck the table with his elbow
Synonyms: spat
Definition: become permanently attached
Usage: mollusks or oysters spat
Similar words: attach
Definition: become attached
Usage: The spider's thread attached to the window sill
Synonyms: spat
Definition: come down like raindrops
Usage: Bullets were spatting down on us
Similar words: precipitate, come down, fall
Definition: fall from clouds
Usage: rain, snow and sleet were falling; Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum