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spat nails

spat nails is the simple past and past participle of spit nails.

Meaning of spit nails

Verb

spit nails (third-person singular simple present spits nails, present participle spitting nails, simple past and past participle spat nails or (US) spit nails)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak or sputter in a very angry manner.
    • [O]ne thing about Aunt Jenny gets me so mad I could spit nails.1965 September 6, Ann Landers, “Exception is Acknowledged”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 22 Nov 2013, page 17

Questions about spat nails

What is spat nails the simple past and past participle of?
Spat nails is the simple past and past participle of spit nails.

Words near spat nails in the dictionary

  1. spat feathers
  2. spat fire
  3. spat in someone's face
  4. spat in the wind
  5. spat it out
  6. spat nails
  7. spat on
  8. spat out
  9. spat straight facts
  10. spat tacks
  11. spat the dummy

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