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noun
1.
a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
2.
a peg or plug for stopping the passage of liquid in a faucet or cock.
3.
a faucet or cock for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like.
4.
the end of a pipe that enters the enlarged end of another pipe to form a joint.
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Spigot
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example Sentences
- Her response to the critics was to clamp the spigot shut.
- There's a spigot and a drain, and a bunch of little pipes in the middle.
- At his head stands a tall arched spigot that, with tap handles mimicking wings, easily suggests a swan in mourning.
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World English Dictionary
| spigot (ˈspɪɡət) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a stopper for the vent hole of a cask |
| 2. | a tap, usually of wood, fitted to a cask |
| 3. | a US name for tap |
| 4. | a short cylindrical projection on one component designed to fit into a hole on another, esp the male part of a joint (spigot and socket joint) between two pipes |
| [C14: probably from Old Provençal espiga a head of grain, from Latin spīca a point] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
spigot
1383, "plug used to stop the hole of a cask," probably from O.Fr. *espigot (cf. Gascony dialect espigot "core of a fruit, small ear of grain"), dim. of O.Prov. espiga "ear of grain," from L. spica "ear of grain" (see spike (n.2)). Meaning "valve for controlling the flow of a liquid" is from 1530.
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