spat

a short dispute or argument

TRANSLATION

Wortwechsel, die Zänkerei

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Beatles want to take another bite out of Apple Computer Inc. "Apple Corps Ltd., said Friday that it was suing Apple Computer because the technology company violated a 1991 agreement by entering the music business with its iTunes online store. The London lawsuit is the latest legal SPAT between the two cultural icons."

(May Wong, AP Technology Writer - 12 September 2003)

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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)

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