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How to use spigot in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Spigot means a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. Example: “I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand.”

Examples of spigot by meaning

nounA water tap: a faucet or sillcock.

  • I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 323

verbTo block with a spigot.

  • Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps.2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement, pages 2–31

verbTo insert (a spigot).

  • Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase.1956, The Automobile Engineer, volume 46, page 118

More sentences with spigot

  • But rhetoric was all we got-turn on Clinton's spigot, and he's all foam, no beer.2010 November 2, Jim Hightower, If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates: More Political Subversion from Jim…. From the entry all foam, no beer
  • Alice Jean brought the milk foamy from the spigot and went away without speaking.1966, Joan Williams, Old Powder Man, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →LCCN, page 280. From the entry cow juice
  • "Sarch away, squire," said Shackle bluffly, as he placed the mugs on the floor and turned the wooden spigots.2016, George Manville Fenn ·, Cutlass and Cudgel, page 78. From the entry bluffly
  • This spigot (spud) is used to support the lamp, and allows it to be turned from side to side.1991, Gerald Millerson, The Technique of Lighting for Television and Film, page 299. From the entry spud
  • Several of the spigots had been left on or half on and the worm-eaten floor of the cavern was liberally bepuddled with country wine.2011, Lawrence Durrell, Bitter Lemons of Cyprus. From the entry bepuddle
  • There was also a large-basined sink with spigots for hot and cold water, a broad mirror, soap, towels, and even a hot-air hand dryer.2006, Jeremy Mercer, Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co.. From the entry basined
  • Instead, there's a whole slew of little ways beginners can miswater, turning on the spigot when they think they should rather than when the plants actually need it.1998, Pat Stone, Easy Gardening 101, page 70. From the entry miswater

Meaning of spigot

  1. noun A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
  2. noun The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
  3. noun A water tap: a faucet or sillcock.

Full definition of spigot

Questions about spigot in a sentence

How do you use spigot in a sentence?
Spigot is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand.”
What is a short sentence with spigot?
“Alice Jean brought the milk foamy from the spigot and went away without speaking.”
What does spigot mean?
Spigot means a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

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