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Definition of spat : 1. A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; - chiefly in pl.
2. A legging; a gaiter.
3. To dispute.

Synonyms:

shoelace, set-to, hustle, argument, flurry, flap, gaiter, altercation, bicker, strike, pettifoggery, row, misunderstanding, herald, fight, box, word, argy-bargy, bustle, quarrel, shoestring, argle-bargle, rhubarb, brawl, disagreement, applaud, run-in, bootlaces, hassle, hail, fuss, contretemps, bickering, whack, polemic, debate, lace, insole, trouble, dispute, kickup, pother, clap, conflict, clip, chop, buffet, tangle, confrontation, scrap, cleat, slap, smack, swat, heel, attack, falling-out, squabble, battle royal, contention, spank, cross fire, imbroglio, a war of words, donnybrook, tiff, punch, tizzy, cuff, sole, bother, clash, spats, study at quarrel, stir, smacker, acclaim, controversy, bust, ado, difficulty, instep, dither, wrangle

Usage examples:

• Angrily, it spat a shock wave. - "Watchbird", Robert Sheckley.
• Then Frank's fist shot out, landing with a sharp spat right between Leslie's eyes. - "Frank Merriwell's Chums", Burt L. Standish.
• But as he rose from the last round, and spat out the fragments of one or two broken teeth, he said things which filled the honourable and manly spirit of young Jervase with a terror to which he hardly dared to give a name. - "VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea", David Christie Murray.