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Spot

//spɑt// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery. not-comparable
"spot wheat"
2
Exact; precise. informal, not-comparable
"The other bus meets yours at the intersection within one minute; it's a spot connection, and you might not make it."

Proper Noun

1
A popular given name for a dog

Noun

1
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
"The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur."
2
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it wordnet
3
A stain or disfiguring mark.
"I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out."
4
a business establishment for entertainment wordnet
5
A pimple, papule or pustule.
"That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin."

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a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value wordnet
7
A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
8
a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer wordnet
9
A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
"Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?"
10
a small contrasting part of something wordnet
11
A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars. US, slang
"Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots."
12
a blemish made by dirt wordnet
13
A location or area.
"I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside."
14
an outstanding characteristic wordnet
15
A parking space.
"Del Valle has the blessing of a garage, so he doesn't have to claim “dibs” on shoveled street spots himself, he said."
16
a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance wordnet
17
An official determination of placement.
"The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball."
18
a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising wordnet
19
A bright lamp; a spotlight.
20
a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) wordnet
21
A brief advertisement or program segment on television. US
"Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?"
22
a point located with respect to surface features of some region wordnet
23
A difficult situation.
"She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date."
24
a small piece or quantity of something wordnet
25
One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
26
a slight attack of illness wordnet
27
Penalty spot.
"The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot."
28
The act of spotting or noticing something.
"You've misspelled "terrapin" here. —Whoops. Good spot."
29
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
30
A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
31
The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
32
Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. dated, in-plural
33
An autosoliton.
34
A decimal point; point.
"Twelve spot two five pounds sterling."
35
Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
36
Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

Verb

1
To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify. transitive
"Try to spot the differences between these two pictures."
2
mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition wordnet
3
To loan a small amount of money to someone. US, ditransitive, slang
"I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch."
4
become spotted wordnet
5
To stain; to leave a spot (on). ambitransitive
"Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface."

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make a spot or mark onto wordnet
7
To cover with spots, to speckle. transitive
"No palm-tree rose to spot the wilderness; […]"
8
mar or impair with a flaw wordnet
9
To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
""If you've got regular periods with an IUD that's fine, but if you're starting to spot or get quite a regular loss, then it should be carefully investigated." (Last)"
10
catch sight of wordnet
11
To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain. dialectal
"And it is beginning to spot with rain. I must start work on a shelter."
12
detect with the senses wordnet
13
To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain. transitive
"I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti."
14
To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws. transitive
15
To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates. transitive
"I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me."
16
To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning. transitive
"Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do."
17
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation. transitive
"Link not me in self same chain / With the wicked-working folk, / Who their spotted thoughts do cloak."
18
To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing. transitive
19
To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot. transitive
"The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot."
20
Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot. intransitive
"The black ball won't spot – the green is in the way."
21
To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult. transitive
"The aircraft is spotted on the catapult, and the console operator turns the crank to FIRST READY, causing the exhaust valve to close."
22
To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.

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Etymology 4

From spot.

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