one-spot
1
8.8
- noun
- /ˈwʌnˌspɑt/
:
uno
- In a game of dominoes, I won by playing a one-spot and taking the lead.
Examples
-
It got to third place with a leveraged buyout of Vodafone's Japanese arm back in 2006, and CEO Masayoshi Son mentioned last week that he has his eye on the number one spot.
Blog text (31) -
During our board game night, I rolled a die and got a one-spot, which excited the kids.
-
The whole squad, by finishing sixth in the regional race, missed out on qualification by one spot.
Blog text (31) -
William Burnside finished fifth, with all the others moving up one spot.
Blog text (15) -
He's occupying the number one spot.
-
Everybody knows that a die lands with the one spot up a sixth of the time (unless it has been tampered with).
Academic text (2001) -
Dozens of media outlets wrote about her and the song, which held the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks.
Blog text (31) -
Almost everybody, except inspired gamblers, knows that the fact that a die has just landed with a one spot up does not affect the chance that it will land with a one spot up on the next toss.
Academic text (2001) -
Almost everybody, except inspired gamblers, knows that the fact that a die has just landed with a one spot up does not affect the chance that it will land with a one spot up on the next toss.
Academic text (2001) -
She placed the one-spot die on the table, confirming her turn in the game.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word one-spot comes from the parts one and spot, which together mean a single 'dot'. In dice and domino games a one-spot is the face with just one dot, like an ace, so the name helps you remember it is the single-dot side.