Spigot
noun
A small faucet or valve for controlling the flow of a liquid or gas.
He turned the spigot to start the flow of water.
Often appears as...
- turn on the spigot
- close the spigot
noun
A spout or plug for stopping the outflow of liquid or gas from a barrel or pitcher.
He pulled out the spigot to let the wine flow from the barrel.
Often appears as...
- remove the spigot
- plug the spigot
Usage tips
General,Technical
noun
In finance, a term used to reference the act of limiting or stopping a flow of something such as money.
The central bank tightened the spigot on money supply to control inflation.
Often appears as...
- tighten the spigot
- open the spigot
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A small faucet or valve for controlling the flow of a liquid or gas.
He turned the spigot to start the flow of water.
Often appears as...
- turn on the spigot
- close the spigot
noun
A spout or plug for stopping the outflow of liquid or gas from a barrel or pitcher.
He pulled out the spigot to let the wine flow from the barrel.
Often appears as...
- remove the spigot
- plug the spigot
Usage tips
General,Technical
noun
In finance, a term used to reference the act of limiting or stopping a flow of something such as money.
The central bank tightened the spigot on money supply to control inflation.
Often appears as...
- tighten the spigot
- open the spigot
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Household Usage
Spigot is commonly used in everyday language to refer to water faucets around the house.
Can you please check the garden spigot? The hose isn't working.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Action
Turning the spigot often means using your hand to twist a knob or lever.
To fill the bucket, turn the spigot counterclockwise.
Pro Tip 3/3Leak Identification
A common context for spigot is to discuss issues like dripping or leaking, typically needing repair.
The spigot in the bathtub has been dripping all night.
Pro Tip 1/3Household Usage
Spigot is commonly used in everyday language to refer to water faucets around the house.
Can you please check the garden spigot? The hose isn't working.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Action
Turning the spigot often means using your hand to twist a knob or lever.
To fill the bucket, turn the spigot counterclockwise.
Pro Tip 3/3Leak Identification
A common context for spigot is to discuss issues like dripping or leaking, typically needing repair.
The spigot in the bathtub has been dripping all night.
Pro Tip 1/3Household Usage
Spigot is commonly used in everyday language to refer to water faucets around the house.
Can you please check the garden spigot? The hose isn't working.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Action
Turning the spigot often means using your hand to twist a knob or lever.
To fill the bucket, turn the spigot counterclockwise.
Pro Tip 3/3Leak Identification
A common context for spigot is to discuss issues like dripping or leaking, typically needing repair.
The spigot in the bathtub has been dripping all night.
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
and see if anybody will give me police or troops to do the separation. And their response, of course, was no more than we wanted to stop the genocide and put our troops in harm's way to do that, nor do we now want to get in the way and pluck genocidaires from camps. So then you have to make the decision. Do you turn off the international spigot of life support
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The Sci in Sci-Fi PIPE...
is still not quite sure how the water works when I turn on the spigot. So mysteries of the universe. I got one for you, ready? The refrigerator light. That one I get. There will be a button that pushes off. Oh, you found the button. That's where my science begins and ends.
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How social media can...
no way to filter it other than that they had to turn the spigot entirely law now these changes don't just affect people who want to censor messages they also affect people who want to send messages right because this is really a transformation the ecosystem as a whole
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
and see if anybody will give me police or troops to do the separation. And their response, of course, was no more than we wanted to stop the genocide and put our troops in harm's way to do that, nor do we now want to get in the way and pluck genocidaires from camps. So then you have to make the decision. Do you turn off the international spigot of life support
Video examples
The Sci in Sci-Fi PIPE...
is still not quite sure how the water works when I turn on the spigot. So mysteries of the universe. I got one for you, ready? The refrigerator light. That one I get. There will be a button that pushes off. Oh, you found the button. That's where my science begins and ends.
Video examples
How social media can...
no way to filter it other than that they had to turn the spigot entirely law now these changes don't just affect people who want to censor messages they also affect people who want to send messages right because this is really a transformation the ecosystem as a whole
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Bob Barr
American Politician
MoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any degree is perceived as a dire threat - worthy of Chicken-Little warnings that the sky is going to fall.
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Theresa Rebeck
American Playwright
I'm not afraid of just cranking it out and seeing what comes out of my subconscious. Because I don't always know what I'm feeling. I do a lot of rewriting later. But that first blast feels like a spigot - like it's coming from somewhere else.
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Joe Bastianich
American Chef
Maitre d's are at the financial spigot of the restaurant, meaning they control who gets in and who doesn't, but aside from that, they don't do anything. And yet they get paid as much as the highest-paid people in the place.
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Eric Liu
American Writer
In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite.
Quote examples
Bob Barr
American Politician
MoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any degree is perceived as a dire threat - worthy of Chicken-Little warnings that the sky is going to fall.
Quote examples
Theresa Rebeck
American Playwright
I'm not afraid of just cranking it out and seeing what comes out of my subconscious. Because I don't always know what I'm feeling. I do a lot of rewriting later. But that first blast feels like a spigot - like it's coming from somewhere else.
Quote examples
Joe Bastianich
American Chef
Maitre d's are at the financial spigot of the restaurant, meaning they control who gets in and who doesn't, but aside from that, they don't do anything. And yet they get paid as much as the highest-paid people in the place.
Quote examples
Eric Liu
American Writer
In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite.
Example 1 of 4
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