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spat (American English)
A brief quarrel or argument
Lots of interesting synonyms:
altercation, argument, beef, bickering, blowup, brawl, brush, brouhaha, commotion, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, falling-out, flap, fracas, fuss, hassle, hoo-ha, hubbub, quarrel, row, rumble, rumpus, run-in, set-to, spat, squabbling, tiff, uproar, words, wrangle
NOTE:
Verb to spat = disputieren, streiten, zanken
also
spat = past tense of spit (spucken)