what's the word
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ffloWhat word in English, I used to like to posit to folk, means (among other meanings): a place, to place, a dog, to see, a stain, to stain, to remove a stain, a little bit, to locate, some light, to bleed, a problematic situation, fire, very or exactly, a fish, an advertisement, and even a bit of acne or a nightclub?
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Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: Middle English spotte, spot; akin to Middle Dutch spotte stain, speck, Old Norse spotti small piece, bit
1 : a taint on character or reputation : blemish upon moral purity : DISGRACE, STIGMA, FAULT, REPROACH<keep this commandment without spot -- 1 Tim 6:14 (Authorized Version)> <the only spot upon the family name>
2 a : a usually disfiguring mark on a substance or body made by a deposit of foreign matter :discolored place : BLOT, SPECK, STAIN <out, damned spot -- Shakespeare> <a dark spot that might have been blood> <conscious of a grease spot on his necktie> <tablecloth had many spots> <one coat is guaranteed to cover all spots and blemishes> <remove all common household spots such as ink, oil, tar, paint, gum -- Sears, Roebuck Cat.> b :such a disfiguring mark or discolored place resulting from natural causes (as injury, disease) <bruised spot on an apple> <cut out several spots of rot>: as (1) : a circumscribed area (as of different density, rarefaction) in an organ seen by means of X rays or an instrument (as an ophthalmoscope) <a spot on the retina> <left him with a spot on his lungs -- Green Peyton> (2) : PIMPLE (3) : SUNSPOT (4) : NEVUS (5) : one of the circumscribed discolored areas produced on a plant (as upon leaves, fruits) by various fungi or by nonparasitic agencies -- compare RUST
3 : a small part or area differing to the eye (as in color, finish, composition) from the main ground or surface <a leopard's spots> <black silk with white spots> <orchards made spots of pink among the green meadows> <patterns of transparent spots on photographic film -- Machine Literature Searching> <added up the spots on the dice> <set of dominoes with badly worn spots> <combed his hair over a bald spot> <saw spots before his eyes>: as a obsolete : BEAUTY SPOT, PATCH b : a blaze on a tree c (1) : a conventionalized design used on playing cards to distinguish suits and indicate values -- called also pip (2) : any similar distinguishing device (as a numeral) used on objects (as billiard balls, paper money) in a set or series (3) : an object having a specified number of such designs or devices on its surface or bearing a specified distinguishing numeral <played the six-spot> <sank the three-spot in
the corner pocket> <handed the waiter a ten-spot> d (1) : any of the small marks on the bed of a billiard or pool table indicating where balls are to be placed (2) : SPOT BALL (3) : SPOT STROKE e (1) : any of the circular marks painted on or embedded in the floor of a bowling alley to indicate the positions of the pins in tenpins and similar games (2) : the calculated spot part way down the alley at which a spot bowler aims when attempting to make a strike f (1) : a small character (as a star or diamond) used in printing as an ornament or eye-arresting device (2) : a small simple illustration usually without a rectangular border or frame placed amid or at the end of type
matter
4 a : a small quantity or amount : BIT, PARTICLE <not a spot of room anywhere> b chiefly Britain : a relatively small but indeterminate amount <doing a spot of wrestling -- A.J.Liebling> <go over ... for a spot of lunch -- John Brooks> <liked nothing better than a spot of conversation -- Thomas Sugrue> <do a spot of big-game fishing -- Alden Hatch> <lie down for a spot of rest> <stopped for a spot of beer>; specifically : a smallish amount of liquor : DROP, DRINK <could do with a few spots -- A.P.Gaskell> <how about having a spot>
5 a : a particular locality especially of somewhat limited extent <one of the most beautiful spots in the world> <prepared to move the capital to a safer spot> <selected a spot for the next annual meeting> <words from all the spots on the earth -- Charlton Laird> <any spot ... was more endurable than the place she was in -- Ellen Glasgow> <hottest spots ... were Parliament itself, Spain, and Ireland -- G.W.Johnson> <two foremost danger spots in the East-West struggle -- Carlyle Morgan> b : a small extent of space <the exact spot where the crash occurred> <trying to find a dry spot for a picnic> <found the right spot behind the books, and the click of a sliding panel was heard -- T.B.Costain> <X marks the spot> <looking for a quiet spot to fish> c : a locality or a building used or suitable for a particular purpose <favorite vacation spot for New Yorkers> <excellent picnic spots> <his favorite fishing spot> <well-known gambling spot> <cleaning up the vice spots> <famous dining spots -- Ford Times>; especially : NIGHTCLUB <had a late dinner and then took in a few spots> <tried another spot, where there was dancing -- Molly L. Bar-David> <a Chicago jazz spot -- Martin Gardner>
6 : a small part or area differing from the whole to which it belongs <represented on the tape by invisible magnetic spots -- Univac> <sensory spots on the skin -- R.S.Woodworth> <complained of a sore spot in his throat> <finger detected a rough spot> <high spots of each publishing season -- William Peden> <another dark spot appeared to be brightening as farm prices steadied -- Dun's Review> <do not have excessively bright spots in their pattern of mental abilities -- R.J.Williams> <has spots of very fine acting -- Henry Huses>
7 : a small croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States that is highly esteemed as a panfish and that has a black spot behind the shoulders and 15 oblique dark bars
8 : a particular position or situation especially in order of priority (as in a place of employment, an organization, a program or schedule or on a slate or ticket) <the top spots in industry and finance -- W.G.Hardy>BERTH, BILLET, POST <finally found a spot as a receptionist> <a Cabinet spot here, an undersecretaryship there -- E.J.Kahn> <been tried at every spot except pitcher and catcher -- W.B.Furlong> <if he ended up in my spot one day -- Louis Auchincloss>; especially : a place on a program of entertainment <deserve a better spot on the program -- T.W.Duncan> <had a solo spot> <shifted him to a daytime spot> <engaged him for a 15 minute dramatic spot> <has several guest spots lined up>
9 spots plural [3spot] : commodities (as merchandise and cotton) sold for immediate delivery
10 a [by shortening] : SPOTLIGHT <gallery spots> <proscenium spots> <an amber spot> <a battery of baby spots -- Christopher Morley> <individually lighted by a spot in the ceiling -- Lamp> b : the spot of light that results from an electron beam hitting the phosphor in a picture tube and that traces out the television picture
11 a : a situation with respect to conditions and circumstances : POSITION <a tough spot> <in a fine spot for rapid promotion> b : a position of difficulty or embarrassment : FIX, PREDICAMENT <was indeed in a dilemma -- in a spot -- R.M.Lovett> <one of those spots you get in -- J.M.Cain>
12 : a brief interval between scheduled radio or television programs during which an announcement or advertisement is broadcast; also : the announcement of advertisement broadcast
- in spots : at intervals : in some respects <not unhappy -- except in spots -- Ellen Glasgow>
- on the spot or upon the spot adverb (or adjective) 1 : before moving or without further consideration : at once : IMMEDIATELY <decidedon the spot> 2 : at the place where action is required <sent to investigate on the spot> <found everything he needed right on the spot> 3 a : in a position of being held responsible or accountable or of being required to furnish a satisfactory explanation or reply : in trouble or difficulty : in a spot b : in a position of danger especially of murder or assassination (as by way of reprisal) -- often used in the phrase put on the spot
spot[1,noun]
spot[2,verb]
spot[3,adjective]
spot[4,adverb]
air spot
angular leaf spot
<option ... >apple anthracnose
<option ... >baby spot
<option ... >bacterial spot
<option ... >baldwin spot
<option ... >beauty spot
<option ... >bird's-eye spot
<option ... >bitter pit
<option ... >black ring
<option ... >black spot
<option ... >blind spot
<option ... >blister spot
<option ... >blood spot
<option ... >blue spot
<option ... >brown bark spot
<option ... >brown spot
<option ... >carbon spot
<option ... >cathode spot
<option ... >cercospora leaf spot
<option ... >cherry leaf spot
<option ... >chocolate spot
<option ... >cigar spot
<option ... >copper spot
<option ... >coral spot
<option ... >corky ring spot
<option ... >crescent[3,noun]
<option ... >cucumber angular leaf spot
<option ... >currant leaf spot
<option ... >dead spot
<option ... >dollar spot
<option ... >drought spot
<option ... >dry spot
<option ... >ermine spot
<option ... >fail spot
<option ... >fairy ring spot
<option ... >five-spot
flare[2,noun]
<option ... >flying spot
<option ... >focal spot
<option ... >follow spot
<option ... >forty-spot
<option ... >four-spot
<option ... >fruit spot
<option ... >garden spot
<option ... >ghost spot
<option ... >gray leaf spot
<option ... >gray spot
<option ... >grease spot
<option ... >grease-spot photometer
<option ... >greasy spot
green spot
<option ... >gum spot
<option ... >halo blight
<option ... >halo spot
<option ... >hit[1,verb]
<option ... >hot spot
<option ... >hot-spot
<option ... >ink spot
<option ... >internal black spot
<option ... >internal brown spot
<option ... >johnny-on-the-spot
<option ... >jonathan spot
<option ... >kernel spot
<option ... >kiss spot
<option ... >laue spot
<option ... >leaf spot
<option ... >marginal blight
<option ... >marsh spot
<option ... >meat spot
<option ... >medullary spot
<option ... >mongolian spot
<option ... >nailhead spot
<option ... >necrotic ring spot
<option ... >night spot
<option ... >norfolk spot
<option ... >ocular spot
<option ... >oil spot
<option ... >oleocellosis
<option ... >pain spot
<option ... >papery leaf spot
<option ... >plague spot
<option ... >pod spot
<option ... >poison[1,noun]
<option ... >poison spot
<option ... >pressure spot
<option ... >receptive spot
<option ... >red leaf spot
<option ... >ring spot
<option ... >sappy spot
<option ... >skin spot
<option ... >slick spot
<option ... >slime spot
<option ... >soft spot
<option ... >spot anthracnose
<option ... >spot ball
<option ... >spot-barred
<option ... >spot blight
<option ... >spot blotch
<option ... >spot board
<option ... >spot bowling
<option ... >spot card
<option ... >spot-check
<option ... >spot drawing
<option ... >spot-drill
spot-face
<option ... >spot film
</option><option ... >spot fire
spot-grind
spot lamp
spot lens
spot lighting
spot line
spot-mill
spot news
spot pass
spot plate
spot price
spot rot
spot sheet
spot snapper
spot stroke
spot test
spot up
spot-weld[1,noun]
spot-weld[2,transitive verb]
spot welding
spot white
spot zone
spot zoning
star spot
storage spot
strawberry leaf spot
sun arc
target spot
tar spot
temperature spot
ten-spot
three-spot
three-spot gourami
tin spot
toad spot
touch spot
trouble spot
two-spot
warm spot
water spot
white spot
yeast spot
yellow spot[1,noun]
yellow spot[2,noun]
york spot
carbon spot
hot spot
sweet spot
and may I add:
spot on and
G-spot
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1spot
Function: nounInflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: Middle English spotte, spot; akin to Middle Dutch spotte stain, speck, Old Norse spotti small piece, bit
1 : a taint on character or reputation : blemish upon moral purity : DISGRACE, STIGMA, FAULT, REPROACH<keep this commandment without spot -- 1 Tim 6:14 (Authorized Version)> <the only spot upon the family name>
2 a : a usually disfiguring mark on a substance or body made by a deposit of foreign matter :discolored place : BLOT, SPECK, STAIN <out, damned spot -- Shakespeare> <a dark spot that might have been blood> <conscious of a grease spot on his necktie> <tablecloth had many spots> <one coat is guaranteed to cover all spots and blemishes> <remove all common household spots such as ink, oil, tar, paint, gum -- Sears, Roebuck Cat.> b :such a disfiguring mark or discolored place resulting from natural causes (as injury, disease) <bruised spot on an apple> <cut out several spots of rot>: as (1) : a circumscribed area (as of different density, rarefaction) in an organ seen by means of X rays or an instrument (as an ophthalmoscope) <a spot on the retina> <left him with a spot on his lungs -- Green Peyton> (2) : PIMPLE (3) : SUNSPOT (4) : NEVUS (5) : one of the circumscribed discolored areas produced on a plant (as upon leaves, fruits) by various fungi or by nonparasitic agencies -- compare RUST
3 : a small part or area differing to the eye (as in color, finish, composition) from the main ground or surface <a leopard's spots> <black silk with white spots> <orchards made spots of pink among the green meadows> <patterns of transparent spots on photographic film -- Machine Literature Searching> <added up the spots on the dice> <set of dominoes with badly worn spots> <combed his hair over a bald spot> <saw spots before his eyes>: as a obsolete : BEAUTY SPOT, PATCH b : a blaze on a tree c (1) : a conventionalized design used on playing cards to distinguish suits and indicate values -- called also pip (2) : any similar distinguishing device (as a numeral) used on objects (as billiard balls, paper money) in a set or series (3) : an object having a specified number of such designs or devices on its surface or bearing a specified distinguishing numeral <played the six-spot> <sank the three-spot in
the corner pocket> <handed the waiter a ten-spot> d (1) : any of the small marks on the bed of a billiard or pool table indicating where balls are to be placed (2) : SPOT BALL (3) : SPOT STROKE e (1) : any of the circular marks painted on or embedded in the floor of a bowling alley to indicate the positions of the pins in tenpins and similar games (2) : the calculated spot part way down the alley at which a spot bowler aims when attempting to make a strike f (1) : a small character (as a star or diamond) used in printing as an ornament or eye-arresting device (2) : a small simple illustration usually without a rectangular border or frame placed amid or at the end of type
matter
4 a : a small quantity or amount : BIT, PARTICLE <not a spot of room anywhere> b chiefly Britain : a relatively small but indeterminate amount <doing a spot of wrestling -- A.J.Liebling> <go over ... for a spot of lunch -- John Brooks> <liked nothing better than a spot of conversation -- Thomas Sugrue> <do a spot of big-game fishing -- Alden Hatch> <lie down for a spot of rest> <stopped for a spot of beer>; specifically : a smallish amount of liquor : DROP, DRINK <could do with a few spots -- A.P.Gaskell> <how about having a spot>
5 a : a particular locality especially of somewhat limited extent <one of the most beautiful spots in the world> <prepared to move the capital to a safer spot> <selected a spot for the next annual meeting> <words from all the spots on the earth -- Charlton Laird> <any spot ... was more endurable than the place she was in -- Ellen Glasgow> <hottest spots ... were Parliament itself, Spain, and Ireland -- G.W.Johnson> <two foremost danger spots in the East-West struggle -- Carlyle Morgan> b : a small extent of space <the exact spot where the crash occurred> <trying to find a dry spot for a picnic> <found the right spot behind the books, and the click of a sliding panel was heard -- T.B.Costain> <X marks the spot> <looking for a quiet spot to fish> c : a locality or a building used or suitable for a particular purpose <favorite vacation spot for New Yorkers> <excellent picnic spots> <his favorite fishing spot> <well-known gambling spot> <cleaning up the vice spots> <famous dining spots -- Ford Times>; especially : NIGHTCLUB <had a late dinner and then took in a few spots> <tried another spot, where there was dancing -- Molly L. Bar-David> <a Chicago jazz spot -- Martin Gardner>
6 : a small part or area differing from the whole to which it belongs <represented on the tape by invisible magnetic spots -- Univac> <sensory spots on the skin -- R.S.Woodworth> <complained of a sore spot in his throat> <finger detected a rough spot> <high spots of each publishing season -- William Peden> <another dark spot appeared to be brightening as farm prices steadied -- Dun's Review> <do not have excessively bright spots in their pattern of mental abilities -- R.J.Williams> <has spots of very fine acting -- Henry Huses>
7 : a small croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States that is highly esteemed as a panfish and that has a black spot behind the shoulders and 15 oblique dark bars
8 : a particular position or situation especially in order of priority (as in a place of employment, an organization, a program or schedule or on a slate or ticket) <the top spots in industry and finance -- W.G.Hardy>BERTH, BILLET, POST <finally found a spot as a receptionist> <a Cabinet spot here, an undersecretaryship there -- E.J.Kahn> <been tried at every spot except pitcher and catcher -- W.B.Furlong> <if he ended up in my spot one day -- Louis Auchincloss>; especially : a place on a program of entertainment <deserve a better spot on the program -- T.W.Duncan> <had a solo spot> <shifted him to a daytime spot> <engaged him for a 15 minute dramatic spot> <has several guest spots lined up>
9 spots plural [3spot] : commodities (as merchandise and cotton) sold for immediate delivery
10 a [by shortening] : SPOTLIGHT <gallery spots> <proscenium spots> <an amber spot> <a battery of baby spots -- Christopher Morley> <individually lighted by a spot in the ceiling -- Lamp> b : the spot of light that results from an electron beam hitting the phosphor in a picture tube and that traces out the television picture
11 a : a situation with respect to conditions and circumstances : POSITION <a tough spot> <in a fine spot for rapid promotion> b : a position of difficulty or embarrassment : FIX, PREDICAMENT <was indeed in a dilemma -- in a spot -- R.M.Lovett> <one of those spots you get in -- J.M.Cain>
12 : a brief interval between scheduled radio or television programs during which an announcement or advertisement is broadcast; also : the announcement of advertisement broadcast
- in spots : at intervals : in some respects <not unhappy -- except in spots -- Ellen Glasgow>
- on the spot or upon the spot adverb (or adjective) 1 : before moving or without further consideration : at once : IMMEDIATELY <decidedon the spot> 2 : at the place where action is required <sent to investigate on the spot> <found everything he needed right on the spot> 3 a : in a position of being held responsible or accountable or of being required to furnish a satisfactory explanation or reply : in trouble or difficulty : in a spot b : in a position of danger especially of murder or assassination (as by way of reprisal) -- often used in the phrase put on the spot
spot[1,noun]
spot[2,verb]
spot[3,adjective]
spot[4,adverb]
air spot
angular leaf spot
<option ... >apple anthracnose
<option ... >baby spot
<option ... >bacterial spot
<option ... >baldwin spot
<option ... >beauty spot
<option ... >bird's-eye spot
<option ... >bitter pit
<option ... >black ring
<option ... >black spot
<option ... >blind spot
<option ... >blister spot
<option ... >blood spot
<option ... >blue spot
<option ... >brown bark spot
<option ... >brown spot
<option ... >carbon spot
<option ... >cathode spot
<option ... >cercospora leaf spot
<option ... >cherry leaf spot
<option ... >chocolate spot
<option ... >cigar spot
<option ... >copper spot
<option ... >coral spot
<option ... >corky ring spot
<option ... >crescent[3,noun]
<option ... >cucumber angular leaf spot
<option ... >currant leaf spot
<option ... >dead spot
<option ... >dollar spot
<option ... >drought spot
<option ... >dry spot
<option ... >ermine spot
<option ... >fail spot
<option ... >fairy ring spot
<option ... >five-spot
flare[2,noun]
<option ... >flying spot
<option ... >focal spot
<option ... >follow spot
<option ... >forty-spot
<option ... >four-spot
<option ... >fruit spot
<option ... >garden spot
<option ... >ghost spot
<option ... >gray leaf spot
<option ... >gray spot
<option ... >grease spot
<option ... >grease-spot photometer
<option ... >greasy spot
green spot
<option ... >gum spot
<option ... >halo blight
<option ... >halo spot
<option ... >hit[1,verb]
<option ... >hot spot
<option ... >hot-spot
<option ... >ink spot
<option ... >internal black spot
<option ... >internal brown spot
<option ... >johnny-on-the-spot
<option ... >jonathan spot
<option ... >kernel spot
<option ... >kiss spot
<option ... >laue spot
<option ... >leaf spot
<option ... >marginal blight
<option ... >marsh spot
<option ... >meat spot
<option ... >medullary spot
<option ... >mongolian spot
<option ... >nailhead spot
<option ... >necrotic ring spot
<option ... >night spot
<option ... >norfolk spot
<option ... >ocular spot
<option ... >oil spot
<option ... >oleocellosis
<option ... >pain spot
<option ... >papery leaf spot
<option ... >plague spot
<option ... >pod spot
<option ... >poison[1,noun]
<option ... >poison spot
<option ... >pressure spot
<option ... >receptive spot
<option ... >red leaf spot
<option ... >ring spot
<option ... >sappy spot
<option ... >skin spot
<option ... >slick spot
<option ... >slime spot
<option ... >soft spot
<option ... >spot anthracnose
<option ... >spot ball
<option ... >spot-barred
<option ... >spot blight
<option ... >spot blotch
<option ... >spot board
<option ... >spot bowling
<option ... >spot card
<option ... >spot-check
<option ... >spot drawing
<option ... >spot-drill
spot-face
<option ... >spot film
</option><option ... >spot fire
spot-grind
spot lamp
spot lens
spot lighting
spot line
spot-mill
spot news
spot pass
spot plate
spot price
spot rot
spot sheet
spot snapper
spot stroke
spot test
spot up
spot-weld[1,noun]
spot-weld[2,transitive verb]
spot welding
spot white
spot zone
spot zoning
star spot
storage spot
strawberry leaf spot
sun arc
target spot
tar spot
temperature spot
ten-spot
three-spot
three-spot gourami
tin spot
toad spot
touch spot
trouble spot
two-spot
warm spot
water spot
white spot
yeast spot
yellow spot[1,noun]
yellow spot[2,noun]
york spot
carbon spot
hot spot
sweet spot
and may I add:
spot on and
G-spot
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Date: Nov. 12th, 2004 01:41 pm (UTC)Hey, last night didn't turn out to be good for me either. What's your phone schedule looking like?
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Date: Nov. 12th, 2004 03:25 pm (UTC)