spigot
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a caskA pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» They are shutting off the spigot.
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
про́бкаpróbka, заты́чкаzatýčka
The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
Zapfhahn
кранkran
a plug for a bunghole in a cask
(Appalachia, US, especially)A water tap: a faucet or sillcock.
Examples
5 sentencesThey are shutting off the spigot.
I'm going to go find the water spigot.
When he turned the spigot, brownish water came gushing out.
He reached for the spigot to turn the water off.
Pardon me kind sir, but I would be eternally grateful if you would allow me to slake my thirst at your spigot.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via OlFrom Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot.
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Forms
plural: spigotsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsSee also
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