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Men at også den anden søn savnede alle mandlige dyder, var straks værre og gjorde spotten større.

2013, Jan Guillou, Vejen til Jerusalem, Modtryk, →ISBN:

But that the other son, too, lacked all male virtues, was much worse and enlarged the mockery.

Hun havde råd til at smile igen, så ligegyldig var deres spot hende.

2010, Tove Ditlevsen, Man gjorde et barn fortræd, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

She could afford to smile back, that was how little she cared about their ridicule.

I artiklen skrev kulturredaktør Flemming Rose bl.a., at muslimer måtte acceptere, at deres religiøse følelser blev udsat for hån, spot og latterliggørelse^([sic]):...

2015, Jørgen Christensen, Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 9:

In the article, editor of culture Flemming Rose wrote, among other things, that muslims had to accept their religious feelings being made the object of mockery, derision and ridicule:...

Først sporede man hos alle en heftig forbitrelse, derefter en dyb nedslåethed, og endelig syntes al sindsbevægelse at vige pladsen for hoverende spot.

2014, Fjodor M. Dostojevskij, Minder fra dødens hus, Bechs Forlag - Viatone, →ISBN:

At first, one saw with everyone a hefty bitterness, then a deep sadness, and finally, all emotion seemed to recede, making way for gloating mockery.

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spot c (singular definite spotten, not used in plural form)

spotten (definite singular)
spot (indefinite nominative singular)
spotten (definite nominative singular)
spots (genitive indefinite singular)
spottens (definite genitive singular)

From the verb spotte (“to mock”). Compare Old Norse spottr, German Spott.


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1982, Lene H. Bagger, Idioterne, p. 179

In the short moment when the light turned the spotlight on her unprepared face, it revealed her

I millisekundet hvor lyset satte spots på hendes uforberedte ansigt, røbede det hende

Lego meddeler, at deres juleomsætning overgik alle forventninger på grund af spottene i TV 2

LEGO informs that their Christmas sale surpassed all expectations due to the spots on TV 2

spot (short advertisement in radio or TV)

spot c or n (singular definite spotten or spottet, plural indefinite spot or spots)

spotten (definite singular)
spottet (definite singular)
spot (indefinite plural)
spots (indefinite plural)
spot (indefinite nominative singular)
spotten (definite nominative singular)
spottet (definite nominative singular)
spot (indefinite nominative plural)
spots (indefinite nominative plural)
spottene (definite nominative plural)
spotsene (colloquial definite nominative plural)
spots (genitive indefinite singular)
spottens (definite genitive singular)
spottets (definite genitive singular)
spots (genitive indefinite plural)
spots' (genitive indefinite plural)
spottenes (definite genitive plural)
spotsenes (colloquial definite genitive plural)


spot

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


spot

Negerhollands: spot

From Middle Dutch spot, from Old Dutch *spot, from Proto-Germanic *spuþþaz.


spot

nl-noun

spot m (plural spots, diminutive spotje n)

spots (plural)
spotje (diminutive neuter)


spot

The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.

Why do ladybugs have spots?

A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.

That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.

I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.

A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.

Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?

A small, unspecified amount or quantity.

Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.

(slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.

I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.

For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.

That spot to which I point is Paradise.

1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is curs'd."

1800, William Wordsworth, Hart-leap Well:

Yachvilli made it 6-0 with a second sweet strike from 45 metres after Matt Stevens was penalised for collapsing a scrum, and then slid another penalty just wide from the same spot.

2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:

Del Valle has the blessing of a garage, so he doesn't have to claim “dibs” on shoveled street spots himself, he said.

2011 March 23, “We asked mayoral candidates: Do you support 'dibs' on parking spots?”, in Chicago Sun-Times:

The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.

(sports) An official determination of placement.

Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?

(US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.

(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.

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.

2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:

You've misspelled "terrapin" here. —Whoops. Good spot.

The act of spotting or noticing something.

A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.

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.

The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.

(in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

Twelve spot two five pounds sterling. ― £12.25

Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.

Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

→ Catalan: espot

بُقْعَة

a round or irregular patch of a different color

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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Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.

The campaign aimed to give commuters the confidence to trust their own instincts and intervene if they spot someone vulnerable who may be at risk of suicide, and to talk to them to interrupt their suicidal thoughts.

2020 July 1, Ruth Sutherland, Neil Peters, “Answering the call”, in Rail, page 47:

(transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.

“It’s close to payday, but you’re welcome to what I have. Maybe Wickliffe can spot me a few.”

2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 185:

(US, slang, ditransitive) To loan a small amount of money to someone.

Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.

a garment spotted with mould

(transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).

[…] Amid lanes and through old woods, where lately the violets peep’d from the ground, spotting the gray debris, […]

1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:

(transitive) To cover with spots, to speckle.

I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.

(transitive) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.

(transitive) To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.

I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.

There had not been time to build handrails, so lines of women spotted the sides of the ramp.

1989 April 15, Angela Bowen, “Towards a National Lesbian Conference”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

(transitive, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.

Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.

(transitive, dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.

Link not me in self same chain / With the wicked-working folk, / Who their spotted thoughts do cloak.

a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

If ever I shall close these eyes but once, / May I live spotted for my perjury.

c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:

(transitive) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.

(transitive) To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot.

(transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.

The black ball won't spot – the green is in the way.

(intransitive, snooker and billiards) Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.

The aircraft is spotted on the catapult, and the console operator turns the crank to FIRST READY, causing the exhaust valve to close.

1959, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3 & 2: Navy Training Courses, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 315:

This spotting order varies from carrier to carrier to suit the flight-deck layout. Certain aircraft must be spotted in a specific location to permit servicing, loading of ammunition, starting, maintenance, and so forth.

(aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.

(rail transport, transitive) To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.

en-verb

spot (third-person singular simple present spots, present participle spotting, simple past and past participle spotted)

spots (present singular third-person)
spotting (participle present)
spotted (participle past)
spotted (past)


spot

spot wheat

spot cash

a spot contract

(commerce, finance) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.


spot

(cinematography, theater) spotlight, spot

(television) spot; a brief segment on television


spot

spot (theatrical light; luminous point; brief radio or TV advertisement)


spot

Dutch: spot

From Old Dutch *spot, from Proto-Germanic *sputtaz.


spot

spot (nominative singular)
spota (nominative plural)
spot (accusative singular)
spota (accusative plural)
spotes (genitive singular)
spoto (genitive plural)
spote (dative singular)
spotum (dative plural)
spotu (instrumental singular)

Middle High German: spot

German: Spott


spot

(radio) spot (short, usually 30-second, piece of advertising material that is aired either in between or during broadcasts)

(television) spot (short commercial shown in between or during TV broadcasts)

spot (nominative singular)
spoty (nominative plural)
spotu (genitive singular)
spotów (genitive plural)
spotowi (dative singular)
spotom (dative plural)
spot (accusative singular)
spoty (accusative plural)
spotem (instrumental singular)
spotami (instrumental plural)
spocie (locative singular)
spotach (locative plural)
spocie (singular vocative)
spoty (plural vocative)


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spot m (genitive singular spoit, plural spotan)

spoit (genitive singular)
spotan (plural)


spot

(radio) spot (short, piece of advertising material that is aired either in between or during broadcasts)

spotový (adjective)
nominative
spot (singular)
spoty (plural)
genitive
spotu (singular)
spotov (plural)
dative
spotom (plural)
accusative
locative
spote (singular)
spotoch (plural)
instrumental
spotom (singular)
spotmi (plural)

Borrowed from English spot. First attested in the 20th century.


spot

spots (nominative plural)
spot (nominative singular)
spots (nominative plural)
spota (genitive singular)
spotas (genitive plural)
spote (dative singular)
spotes (dative plural)
spoti (accusative singular)
spotis (accusative plural)
o spot! (singular vocative)
o spots! (plural vocative)
spotu (predicative singular)
spotus (plural predicative)