Sekirov Dictionary

spot

UK /spɒt/US /spɑt/

noun24

  1. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
  2. a certain place or small area
  3. A parking space.
  4. A stain or disfiguring mark.
  5. A pimple, papule or pustule.
  6. A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
  7. A difficult situation.
  8. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  9. (Australia, New-Zealand) An alcoholic drink.
  10. A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
  11. The act of spotting or noticing something.
  12. Penalty spot.
  13. Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
  14. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
  15. One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
  16. (US, slang) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
  17. An official determination of placement.
  18. Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
  19. A decimal point; point.
  20. [in the plural] (old-fashioned) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
  21. 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.
  22. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
  23. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
  24. An autosoliton.

verb16

  1. To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
  2. To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
  3. To stain; to leave a spot (on).
  4. To cover with spots, to speckle.
  5. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
  6. (US, slang) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
  7. To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.
  8. Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.
  9. To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
  10. To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
  11. To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
  12. To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
  13. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
  14. To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
  15. To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
  16. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

adjective2

  1. Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
  2. (informal) Exact; precise.
forms

spotted · spotting · spots · spotteth

Phrases with spot

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