spot

IPA: spˈɑt

noun

  • A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
  • A stain or disfiguring mark.
  • A pimple, papule or pustule.
  • A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
  • A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  • (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
  • A location or area.
  • A parking space.
  • (sports) An official determination of placement.
  • A bright lamp; a spotlight.
  • (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
  • A difficult situation.
  • (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
  • (soccer) Penalty 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.
  • (physics) An autosoliton.
  • (finance) A decimal point; point.
  • 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.
  • A popular given name for a dog.

verb

  • (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
  • (US, slang) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
  • (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
  • To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
  • To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
  • (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
  • (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
  • To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
  • To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
  • (transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
  • (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.

adjective

  • (commerce, finance) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
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Examples of "spot" in Sentences

  • Did he weld the spot
  • The curtain is spotted.
  • I circle the spots with the pencil.
  • The apple is decayed several spots.
  • There is not a spot will you beguile.
  • The spot is visible in the background.
  • An angel points to the plague spot, the attribute of the deadly disease.
  • The direction of movement of the luminous dot is changed in each mounting spot.
  • He is also a good three point shooter, both from the spot and from the dribble.
  • There are, however, few spots in this literary luminary now pointed out that have not been discovered before.

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