Dictionary Entry
spot
spot is a 4-letter English word with 32 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 32 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
- 2noun
A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
- 3noun
A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.
- 4noun
A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
- 5noun
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
- 6noun
A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.
- 7noun
The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
- 8noun
Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
- 9transitive verb
To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper.
- 10transitive verb
To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.
- 11transitive verb
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
- 12intransitive verb
To become stained with spots.
- 13noun
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
"he made a huge blot on his copybook"
- 14noun
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
- 15noun
a business establishment for entertainment
"night spot"
- 16noun
a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
"an eight-spot"
- 17noun
a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
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- 18noun
a small contrasting part of something
"a bald spot"
"a leopard's spots"
- 19noun
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"
- 20noun
an outstanding characteristic
"his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
Synonyms
- 21noun
a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
"they changed his spot on the program"
- 22noun
a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
- 23noun
a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
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- 24noun
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
"this is a nice place for a picnic"
"a bright spot on a planet"
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- 25noun
a small piece or quantity of something
"a spot of tea"
"a bit of paper"
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- 26noun
a slight attack of illness
"he has a touch of rheumatism"
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- 27verb
mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
"spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
- 28verb
become spotted
"This dress spots quickly"
- 29verb
make a spot or mark onto
"The wine spotted the tablecloth"
- 30verb
mar or impair with a flaw
"her face was blemished"
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- 31verb
catch sight of
- 32verb
detect with the senses
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"
"I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
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