spat

noun [C] (ARGUMENT)

/spæt/ informal

Definition

› a short argument, usually about something that is not important: She was having a spat with her brother about who did the washing up.Arguments and disagreements

(Definition of spat noun (ARGUMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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