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spigot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈspɪ.ɡət/
• /ˈspɪ.kət/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spey-der.? Proto-Italic *speikā Latin spīcader. Middle French espigeotbor. Middle English spigot English spigot From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot.

Meanings

1. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
2. The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
3. (Appalachia, US, especially) A water tap: a faucet or sillcock.
   • I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand. 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 323:

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Deriveds

spigot algorithm · knight of the spigot · lick-spigot

Translations (28)

cmn 塞子 (the plug of a faucet or cock) · pdt Kron (the plug of a faucet or cock) · es grifón (the plug of a faucet or cock) · es llave (the plug of a faucet or cock) · gl espita (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · es válvula (the plug of a faucet or cock) · sh slavina (the plug of a faucet or cock) · de Zapfhahn (the plug of a faucet or cock) · ru кран (the plug of a faucet or cock) · sh pipa (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · no propp (the plug of a faucet or cock) · enm spigot (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · ru про́бка (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · ca tap (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · gl billa (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · ca aixeta (the plug of a faucet or cock) · bg чеп (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · no svikk (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · es espita (the plug of a faucet or cock) · fi tulppa (the plug of a faucet or cock) · ru заты́чка (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · gl espicho (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · sh slavina (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · bg канелка (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · es grifo (the plug of a faucet or cock) · no tapp (the plug of a faucet or cock) · fi tappi (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask) · cmn 塞子 (a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask)

spigot en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈspɪ.ɡət/
• /ˈspɪ.kət/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spey-der.? Proto-Italic *speikā Latin spīcader. Middle French espigeotbor. Middle English spigot English spigot From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To block with a spigot.
   • Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps. 2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement, pages 2–31:
2. (transitive) To insert (a spigot).
   • 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. 1956, The Automobile Engineer, volume 46, page 118:

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