Phonetic: "/spɒt/"
Part Of Speech: noun
Definition: A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
Example: The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
Definition: A stain or disfiguring mark.
Example: I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.
Definition: A pimple, papule or pustule.
Example: I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.
Definition: A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
Example: Would you like to come round on Sunday for a spot of lunch?
Definition: A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
Example: Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.
Definition: A location or area.
Example: For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.
Definition: A parking space.
Definition: An official determination of placement.
Example: The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.
Definition: A bright lamp; a spotlight.
Definition: A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
Example: Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?
Definition: Difficult situation; predicament.
Example: She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.
Definition: One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
Definition: Penalty spot.
Definition: The act of spotting or noticing something.
Example: - Whoops. Good spot.
Definition: A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
Definition: 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.
Definition: The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
Definition: (in the plural, brokers' slang) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
Definition: An autosoliton.
Definition: A decimal point; point.
Example: Twelve spot two five pounds sterling. (ie. £12.25)
Definition: Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
Definition: Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.