Meaning of Spot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
2. A popular given name for a dog
3. A stain or disfiguring mark.
4. A pimple, papule or pustule.
5. A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
6. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
7. A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
   US, slang
8. A location or area.
9. A parking space.
10. An official determination of placement.
11. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
12. A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
    US
13. A difficult situation.
14. One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
15. Penalty spot.
16. The act of spotting or noticing something.
17. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
18. 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.
19. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
20. Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
    dated, in-plural
21. An autosoliton.
22. A decimal point; point.
23. Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
24. Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

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Examples

“The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.”

“Why do ladybugs have spots?”

“I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.”

“That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.”

“I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.”

“Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?”

“Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.”

“I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.”

“For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.”

“That spot to which I point is Paradise.”

“"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is curs'd."”

“Yachvilli made it 6-0 with a second sweet strike from 45 metres after Matt Stevens was penalised for collapsing a scrum, and then slid another penalty just wide from the same spot.”

“Del Valle has the blessing of a garage, so he doesn't have to claim “dibs” on shoveled street spots himself, he said.”

“The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.”

“Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?”

“She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.”

“The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.”

“You've misspelled "terrapin" here. —Whoops. Good spot.”

“Twelve spot two five pounds sterling.”

£12.25

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