Meaning

3 senses
  1. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

    про́бкаpróbka, заты́чкаzatýčka

  2. The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.

    Zapfhahn

    кранkran

    a plug for a bunghole in a cask

  3. (Appalachia, US, especially)A water tap: a faucet or sillcock.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. They are shutting off the spigot.

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  2. I'm going to go find the water spigot.

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  3. When he turned the spigot, brownish water came gushing out.

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  4. He reached for the spigot to turn the water off.

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  5. Pardon me kind sir, but I would be eternally grateful if you would allow me to slake my thirst at your spigot.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask:
the plug of a faucet or cock:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the plug of a faucet or cock:

Origin

From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Ol

From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot.

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Forms

plural: spigots

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir:faucet
  • a plug for a bunghole in a cask:tap

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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