SPOT

blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain

(noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; “he made a huge blot on his copybook”

position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

(noun) a job in an organization; “he occupied a post in the treasury”

spot

(noun) a business establishment for entertainment; “night spot”

spot

(noun) a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; “an eight-spot”

spotlight, spot

(noun) a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer

spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation

(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”

smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur

(noun) a blemish made by dirt; “he had a smudge on his cheek”

point, spot

(noun) an outstanding characteristic; “his acting was one of the high points of the movie”

spot

(noun) a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; “they changed his spot on the program”

spot

(noun) a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising

spot, pip

(noun) a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

spot, bit

(noun) a small piece or quantity of something; “a spot of tea”; “a bit of paper”; “a bit of lint”; “I gave him a bit of my mind”

touch, spot

(noun) a slight attack of illness; “he has a touch of rheumatism”

spot

(verb) mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; “spot the areas that one should clearly identify”

spot

(verb) become spotted; “This dress spots quickly”

spot, fleck, blob, blot

(verb) make a spot or mark onto; “The wine spotted the tablecloth”

blemish, spot

(verb) mar or impair with a flaw; “her face was blemished”

descry, spot, espy, spy

(verb) catch sight of

spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart

(verb) detect with the senses; “The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards”; “I can’t make out the faces in this photograph”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Spot

A popular given name for a dog.

Anagrams

• OTPs, POST, POTS, PTOs, Post, TPOs, opts, post, post-, post., pots, stop, tops

Etymology

Noun

spot (plural spots)

A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

A stain or disfiguring mark.

A pimple, papule or pustule.

A small, unspecified amount or quantity.

(slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.

A location or area.

A parking space.

(sports) An official determination of placement.

A bright lamp; a spotlight.

(US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

Difficult situation; predicament.

(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.

(soccer) Penalty spot.

The act of spotting or noticing something.

A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.

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.

The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.

(in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

An autosoliton.

(finance) A decimal point; point.

Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.

Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

Hyponyms

• sitspot

• shot spot

• sweet spot

Verb

spot (third-person singular simple present spots, present participle spotting, simple past and past participle spotted)

(transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

(finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.

(ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).

To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.

To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.

(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.

(dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.

To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.

To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.

Adjective

spot (not comparable)

(commerce, finance) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.

Anagrams

• OTPs, POST, POTS, PTOs, Post, TPOs, opts, post, post-, post., pots, stop, tops

Source: Wiktionary

Spot, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit to eject from the mouth, and cf. Spatter.]

1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. Out, damned spot! Out, I say! Shak.

2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. Pope.

3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.

4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. "Fixed to one spot." Otway. That spot to which I point is Paradise. Milton. "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed." Wordsworth.

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

6. (Zoöl.) (a) A sciænoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife. (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.

7. pl.

Definition: Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant] Crescent spot (Zoöl.), any butterfly of the family Melitæidæ having crescent-shaped white spots along the margins of the red or brown wings.

– Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field ilumination; -- called also spotted lens.

– Spot rump (Zoöl.), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa hæmastica).

– Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.

– On, or Upon, the spot, immediately; before moving; without changing place. It was determined upon the spot. Swift.

Syn.

– Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish; place; site; locality.

Spot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spotting.]

1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper.

2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]

3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain. Sir P. Sidney. If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I live spotted for my perjury. Beau. & Fl. To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.

Spot, v. i.

Definition: To become stained with spots.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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