spigot
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈspɪɡət/
- US
:
grifo
- Ruby sets the jug underneath the spigot, then sits down for a moment on the edge of the porch.
They cannot turn the spigot and get clean water.
- They cannot turn the spigot and get clean water.
- The old grow room we had at our old house had literally in our basement a spigot that was you just turn it on.
- So all I did is I just went and turned that ball valve and that made water come out of all the the spigots.
- I'm so nervous and I'm trying to like open a spigot and I have to relax to let it come out.
- You know that spigot and, and yeah, it, I feel like it should be regulated somehow.
- So you're not just turning on a spigot here because the water is the oceans are sailing, but glaciers are pure.
Examples
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Darting to the nearest spigot, she yanked the hose, unraveling it from its neat circular pile.
Fiction book (1999) -
The dock had a fish cleaning station with a spigot and a humming streetlight high on a pole.
Fiction book (1996) -
So instead, she turned the shower spigot to "C" and filled her dry mouth with cool water.
Fiction book (1996) -
Nora leaves her hands under the spigot until the water gets really hot, as hot as she can stand.
Fiction book (1998) -
The white-tiled 10' x 8' room features a shower head, toilet, and a push button spigot for drinking water.
Fiction book (2000) -
The tap stand has six spigots that, until a few days ago, supplied an ample supply of fresh water.
Academic text (2015) -
Mack put the nozzle into the top of the water wagon and turned on the spigot.
Fiction book (1999) -
Most homes lack indoor plumbing; instead, outdoor water spigots are fed by gravity from the village water tank.
Academic text (2000) -
Texans have been lining up for clean water from public spigots, boiling their own or even trying to melt snow.
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I ran toward the shed and turned on the spigot, taking a slow drink of warm hose water.
Synonyms
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1.0
A device that controls liquid flow from a pipe or barrel
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A thing that controls the flow of water from a pipe
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2.7
A tube or opening on a container that lets liquid pour out
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A thing that controls the flow of water from a pipe
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A device that controls the flow of water from a pipe
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Etymology
Spigot also came to mean a small tap or faucet that controls liquid. Think of it as a turned peg, the same root as spike ('peg'), so a spigot is something you open or close to let liquid out.