Synonyms of the word spigot


SPIGOTFAUCET - PLUG - REGULATOR - STOPPER - STOPPLE - TAP

spigot

  • n. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
  • n. The plug of a faucet or cock.
  • n. (Appalachia) A faucet.

faucet

  • n. (Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid…

plug

  • n. (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.
  • n. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
  • n. (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
  • n. (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
  • n. (US, slang) A worthless horse.
  • n. (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
  • n. A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features…
  • n. (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
  • n. (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
  • n. (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually…
  • n. A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the…
  • v. (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
  • v. (transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
  • v. (transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
  • v. (slang, transitive) to have sex with, penetrate sexually.

regulator

  • n. A device that controls or limits something.
  • n. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.
  • n. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
  • n. (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
  • n. (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.

stopper

  • n. Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
  • n. A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
  • n. A bung or cork.
  • n. (slang, soccer) Goalkeeper.
  • n. (finance, slang) In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is…
  • n. (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination,…
  • n. (botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
  • n. A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
  • v. To close a container by using a stopper.

stopple

  • n. a plug, a stopper.
  • v. to plug, to stop up.

tap

  • n. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
  • n. A device used to dispense liquids.
  • n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
  • n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
  • n. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die…
  • n. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
  • n. An interception of communication by authority.
  • v. To furnish with taps.
  • v. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
  • v. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
  • v. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
  • v. To intercept a communication without authority.
  • v. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
  • v. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already…
  • n. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
  • v. To strike lightly.
  • v. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
  • v. To make a sharp noise.
  • v. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
  • v. (slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • v. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
  • v. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
  • v. To put a new sole or heel on.
  • n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
  • n. tap dance.
  • n. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
  • n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel;…
  • n. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring…
  • n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard…

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