Associations to the word «Spot»

SPOT, noun. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

SPOT, noun. A stain or disfiguring mark.

SPOT, noun. A pimple, papule or pustule.

SPOT, noun. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.

SPOT, noun. (slang) (US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.

SPOT, noun. A location or area.

SPOT, noun. A parking space.

SPOT, noun. (sports) An official determination of placement.

SPOT, noun. A bright lamp; a spotlight.

SPOT, noun. (US) (advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

SPOT, noun. Difficult situation; predicament.

SPOT, noun. (gymnastics) (dance) (weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.

SPOT, noun. (soccer) Penalty spot.

SPOT, noun. The act of spotting or noticing something.

SPOT, noun. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.

SPOT, noun. A food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.

SPOT, noun. The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.

SPOT, noun. (in the plural) (brokers' slang) (dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

SPOT, noun. An autosoliton.

SPOT, noun. (finance) A decimal point; point.

SPOT, verb. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

SPOT, verb. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.

SPOT, verb. (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).

SPOT, verb. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.

SPOT, verb. (gymnastics) (dance) (weightlifting) (climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.

SPOT, verb. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.

SPOT, verb. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.

SPOT, verb. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

SPOT, verb. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.

SPOT, adjective. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.

SPOT, proper noun. A popular given name for a dog.

SPOT CHECK, noun. (idiomatic) A cursory inspection or examination or the inspection or examination of a sample of something.

SPOT CHECK, verb. (idiomatic) To inspect or examine briefly, or by sampling.

SPOT CHECKED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of spot check

SPOT CHECKING, verb. Present participle of spot check

SPOT CHECKS, noun. Plural of spot check

SPOT CHECKS, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spot check

SPOT KICK, noun. (football) penalty kick

SPOT KICKS, noun. Plural of spot kick

SPOT LENS, noun. (microscopy) A condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small, round diaphragm (the "spot"), and used in darkfield illumination.

SPOT MARKET, noun. (trading) (economics) (finance) A market in which commodities are bought and sold for immediate delivery. Delivery usually takes place in the same or next business day.

SPOT MARKETS, noun. Plural of spot market

SPOT ON, adjective. (British) (US) (idiomatic) Exact or correct.

SPOT PRICE, noun. (trading) (economics) (finance) The price at which a physical commodity for immediate delivery is selling at a given time and place.

SPOT PRICES, noun. Plural of spot price

SPOT PRIZE, noun. A small prize given informally during an event such as a dinner dance.

SPOT STROKE, noun. (billiards) The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.

SPOT STROKES, noun. Plural of spot stroke

SPOT TEST, noun. (chemistry) The addition of a single drop of a reagent to a small sample as a qualitative analytical test for the presence of a specific compound or class of compounds.

SPOT THE BALL, noun. A traditional newspaper promotion in which readers are challenged to guess the position of a ball which has been removed from a photograph of a ball sport.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE, noun. A type of puzzle in which the object is to find a certain number of minor differences between two pictures, usually printed side by side, that are otherwise identical.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCES, noun. Plural of spot the difference

SPOT WELD, noun. A weld made by spot welding

SPOT WELD, verb. To join pieces of metal using spot welding

SPOT WELDING, verb. Present participle of spot weld

SPOT WELDING, noun. The resistance-welding of overlapping pieces of metal by applying pressure and an electric current at small points

SPOT, 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".

SPOT, noun. A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising.

SPOT, noun. An outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie".

SPOT, noun. A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek".

SPOT, noun. A small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red".

SPOT, noun. A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program".

SPOT, noun. A business establishment for entertainment; "night spot".

SPOT, noun. A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury".

SPOT, noun. A slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism".

SPOT, noun. A small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind".

SPOT, noun. A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit).

SPOT, noun. A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer.

SPOT, noun. A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot".

SPOT, noun. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook".

SPOT, verb. Catch sight of.

SPOT, 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".

SPOT, verb. Mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished".

SPOT, verb. Make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth".

SPOT, verb. Become spotted; "This dress spots quickly".

SPOT, verb. Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify".