What gets some petty, antagonistic types going? (4)
I believe the answer is:
spat
'going?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'what gets some petty antagonistic types' is the wordplay.
'what' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'some' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'petty antagonistic types' is 'pat'.
's'+'pat'='SPAT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spat that I've seen before include "Quarrel; oyster spawn" , "Contretemps" , "Spoke violently" , "Showed contempt" , "Quarrel about petty point" .)