noun
Meaning 1
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spigot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈspɪ.ɡət/
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/ˈspɪ.kət/
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homophone: spicket (occasionally)
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rhymes with -ɪɡət
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rhymes with -ɪkɪt
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CMU ARPABET: S P IH1 G AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A water tap: a faucet or sillcock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Appalachia, US, especially
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verb
Meaning 4
To block with a spigot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To insert (a spigot).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 6
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: faucet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regulator
Narrower terms: mixing faucet, stopcock, cock, turncock, water faucet, water tap, tap, hydrant
noun
Meaning 7
a plug for a bunghole in a cask
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plug, stopper, stopple
History
Etymology
From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чеп (čep) — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Bulgarian: канелка (kanelka) — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Catalan: tap — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Chinese Mandarin: 塞子 (sāizi) — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Finnish: tappi — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Galician: billa — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Galician: espita — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Galician: espicho — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Middle English: spigot — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Norwegian: svikk — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Russian: про́бка (próbka) — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Russian: заты́чка (zatýčka) — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Serbo-Croatian: slavina — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Serbo-Croatian: pipa — a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
- Catalan: aixeta — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Chinese Mandarin: 塞子 (sāizi) — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Finnish: tulppa — the plug of a faucet or cock
- German: Zapfhahn — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Norwegian: tapp — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Norwegian: propp — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Plautdietsch: Kron — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Russian: кран (kran) — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Serbo-Croatian: slavina — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Spanish: llave — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Spanish: grifo — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Spanish: válvula — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Spanish: espita — the plug of a faucet or cock
- Spanish: grifón — the plug of a faucet or cock