Definitions for spigot

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spigot spig·ot

Spelling: [spig-uh t]

IPA: /ˈspɪg ət/

Spigot is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in spigot (giopst).

Definitions for spigot

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.

Origin of spigot

1350-1400; Middle English spigot, perhaps Old French *espigot Old Provençal espig(a) (Latin spīca ear of grain; see spica) + Old French -ot diminutive suffix

Examples for spigot

Represents a longitudinal section of a spigot and Faucet Pipe.

He had corked three, but Jawleyford re-corked them, and spigot was now reproducing them to our friends.

spigot at last put an end to their efforts by announcing that 'tea and coffee were ready!'

spigot, at this moment entering to announce tea and coffee, was interrupted in his oration by Sponge demanding some brandy.