Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To block with a spigot.

  2. (transitive)To insert (a spigot).

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.

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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

spigots, spigoting, spigoted, spigoted
Base formspigot · to spigot
3rd person singularspigots
Present participlespigoting
Past simplespigoted / spigotted
Past participlespigoted / spigotted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspigot
he, she, itspigots

Past simpleLesson

all personsspigoted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spigoted
he, she, ithas spigoted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spigot

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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