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.
Definitions
- noun. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
- noun. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
- noun. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
- noun. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.
- transitive verb. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
- intransitive verb. To become stained with spots.
- noun. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
"he made a huge blot on his copybook"
- noun. a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
- noun. a business establishment for entertainment
"night spot"
- noun. a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
"an eight-spot"
- noun. a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- noun. a small contrasting part of something
"a bald spot"
"a leopard's spots"
- noun. a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"
- noun. an outstanding characteristic
"his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
- noun. a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
"they changed his spot on the program"
- noun. a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
- noun. a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- noun. 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"
- noun. a small piece or quantity of something
"a spot of tea"
"a bit of paper"
- noun. a slight attack of illness
"he has a touch of rheumatism"
- verb. mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
"spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
- verb. become spotted
"This dress spots quickly"
- verb. make a spot or mark onto
"The wine spotted the tablecloth"
- verb. mar or impair with a flaw
"her face was blemished"
- verb. catch sight of
- verb. 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"
Synonyms
blot, smear, smirch, stain, berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spotlight, dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, daub, slur, smudge, point, pip, bit, touch
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spot:
Common word forms
spots, spotted, spotter, spotless, spotting
Words from these letters
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