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   spat

   /spat/

   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

   • 1. quarrel about an unimportant matter: "people expected him and his wife to spat continually"

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

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

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