spigot
/ˈspɪ.ɡət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand."
- "Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps."
- "Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spey-der.? Proto-Italic *speikā Latin spīcader. Middle French espigeotbor. Middle English spigot English spigot From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: spigot, spīca, espiga, espigeot
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb