"spigot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪ.ɡət/, /ˈspɪ.kət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spigot.wav Forms: spigots [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡət, -ɪkɪt Etymology: From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Middle French [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|spigot||wooden stopper}} Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”), {{der|en|la|spīca}} Latin spīca, {{der|en|pro|espiga}} Old Occitan espiga, {{der|en|frm|}} Middle French [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun}} spigot (plural spigots)
  1. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. Translations (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask): чеп (čep) [masculine] (Bulgarian), канелка (kanelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tap [masculine] (Catalan), 塞子 (sāizi) (Chinese Mandarin), tappi (Finnish), billa [feminine] (Galician), espita [feminine] (Galician), espicho [masculine] (Galician), spigot (Middle English), svikk [masculine] (Norwegian), про́бка (próbka) [feminine] (Russian), заты́чка (zatýčka) [feminine] (Russian), slavina (Serbo-Croatian), pipa (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-spigot-en-noun-W~tn22wK Disambiguation of 'a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask': 99 0 1
  2. The plug of a faucet, tap or cock. Translations (the plug of a faucet or cock): aixeta [feminine] (Catalan), 塞子 (sāizi) (Chinese Mandarin), tulppa (Finnish), Zapfhahn [masculine] (German), tapp [masculine] (Norwegian), propp [masculine] (Norwegian), Kron [masculine] (Plautdietsch), кран (kran) [masculine] (Russian), slavina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), llave [feminine] (Spanish), grifo (english: faucet) [masculine] (Spanish), válvula (english: cock) [feminine] (Spanish), espita [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spigot-en-noun-PtWB7mm~ Disambiguation of 'the plug of a faucet or cock': 0 69 31
  3. (US, especially Appalachia) A water tap: a faucet or sillcock. Tags: Appalachia, US, especially
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spicket Derived forms: knight of the spigot, lick-spigot, spigot algorithm

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɪ.ɡət/, /ˈspɪ.kət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spigot.wav Forms: spigots [present, singular, third-person], spigoting [participle, present], spigotting [participle, present], spigoted [participle, past], spigoted [past], spigotted [participle, past], spigotted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡət, -ɪkɪt Etymology: From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Middle French [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|spigot||wooden stopper}} Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”), {{der|en|la|spīca}} Latin spīca, {{der|en|pro|espiga}} Old Occitan espiga, {{der|en|frm|}} Middle French [Term?] Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=spigotted|pres_ptc2=spigotting}} spigot (third-person singular simple present spigots, present participle spigoting or spigotting, simple past and past participle spigoted or spigotted)
  1. (transitive) To block with a spigot. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spigot-en-verb-u-2C1olC
  2. (transitive) To insert (a spigot). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spigot-en-verb-UWNc52eu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spicket

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "svikk"
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      "code": "de",
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          "ref": "2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement, pages 2–31:",
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          "text": "Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.",
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        "(transitive) To insert (a spigot)."
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