Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spat
Participle: spatted
Gerund: spatting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spat |
| you | spat |
| he;she;it | spats |
| we | spat |
| you | spat |
| they | spat |
Perfect
| I | have spatted |
| you | have spatted |
| he;she;it | has spatted |
| we | have spatted |
| you | have spatted |
| they | have spatted |
Past
| I | spatted |
| you | spatted |
| he;she;it | spatted |
| we | spatted |
| you | spatted |
| they | spatted |
Pluperfect
| I | had spatted |
| you | had spatted |
| he;she;it | had spatted |
| we | had spatted |
| you | had spatted |
| they | had spatted |
Future
| I | will spat |
| you | will spat |
| he;she;it | will spat |
| we | will spat |
| you | will spat |
| they | will spat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spatted |
| you | will have spatted |
| he;she;it | will have spatted |
| we | will have spatted |
| you | will have spatted |
| they | will have spatted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spat |
| you | spat |
| he;she;it | spat |
| we | spat |
| you | spat |
| they | spat |
Perfect
| I | have spatted |
| you | have spatted |
| he;she;it | have spatted |
| we | have spatted |
| you | have spatted |
| they | have spatted |
Imperfect
| I | spatted |
| you | spatted |
| he;she;it | spatted |
| we | spatted |
| you | spatted |
| they | spatted |
Pluperfect
| I | had spatted |
| you | had spatted |
| he;she;it | had spatted |
| we | had spatted |
| you | had spatted |
| they | had spatted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spat |
| you | would spat |
| he;she;it | would spat |
| we | would spat |
| you | would spat |
| they | would spat |
Perfect
| I | would have spatted |
| you | would have spatted |
| he;she;it | would have spatted |
| we | would have spatted |
| you | would have spatted |
| they | would have spatted |
Imperative
| you | spat |
| we | Let's spat |
| you | spat |
Verbs conjugated like 'spat'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spat'
pat,
scat,
seat,
slat,
spalt,
spam,
span,
spar,
spay,
spaz,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps related to spit.
Sample Sentences
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He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney. [1922, B. M. Bower, chapter 3, in The Trail of the White Mule:]
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"She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker. [2007 July 13, Nolan Clay, “Co-workers testify about Kelsey's mother”, in Daily Oklahoman, retrieved 25 Aug 2009:]
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Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. [1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret:]