Converse of object

• wear: Thin Teachers Fat Teachers Mad about their cat Teachers And wearing white spats Teachers.

• have: He also had a famous spat with Ken Russell, who hit him in full view of the television cameras.

• get: And, yes, female SEK comrades got spat on and hit.

• publicize: Hammam had relinquished control after his much publicized spat with the Norwegians and had sold the remainder of his shares.

• end: Thus ended the spat between Jonas Hanway and Dr. Samuel Johnson, but the arguments about tea raged for years.

• feel: Christine feels this spat, highly embarrassing for Tom, is putting her operation in danger.

Modifies a noun

• settlement: No spat settlement was yet apparent on Salmon Scar, St Ishmaels following previous systematic thinning in February and March.

Adjective modifier

• recent: During the recent spat over school funding, new localists have derided the center.

• white: Thin Teachers Fat Teachers Mad about their cat Teachers And wearing white spats Teachers.

• little: I am sure that once they have sorted out their little spat over the " baby issue " they will continue their debates.

• public: Who wants to get into a public spat with Oxfam?

• current: The reason has to do with the Irish carrier's current spat with Cardiff Wales airport.

• late: What are we to make of this latest spat between Murdoch and another leading figure within the English-speaking Establishment?

Preposition: over

• cash: The current spat over cash for peerages sadly confirms everyone's most cynical feelings about politics and politicians.

Noun used with modifier

• wheel: A mid-term revision brought further styling tweaks, including the loss of the running boards and the addition of rear wheel spats.