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: something resembling a spigot especially in regulating availability or flow (as of money)
Examples of spigot in a Sentence
the spigot on a beer keg
Hook the hose up to the spigot behind the house.
Recent Examples on the Web
Will the streaming spigot slow to a trickle, forcing auteurs to find new homes for their pricey passion projects?
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
The Federal Reserve, which was tightening financial spigots in 2022 and 2023 to tame high inflation, is now talking about loosening them by cutting interest rates later this year.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2024
That payment appears to have marked the opening of the spigot on years of loans.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
The city began turning off the spigot to these delinquent customers on March 20, two days after the shutoff plans were discussed at a meeting of the Inkster City Council.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
An earthquake leveled the place in 1964, four years before oil was discovered and opened a spigot of money that shaped the mini metropolis one encounters today.
—David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
Outside preparation Before the temperature drops below 32 degrees, outdoor water spigots attached to homes should be opened to allow to drain water out.
—USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
Through the new Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance, U.S. officials will investigate allegations of human rights violations and potentially cut off the spigot of U.S. weapons to offenders.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2023
Before long, that spigot could then flow back into life sciences, helping young firms get off the ground — and sign leases.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
The Federal Reserve, which was tightening financial spigots in 2022 and 2023 to tame high inflation, is now talking about loosening them by cutting interest rates later this year.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2024
That payment appears to have marked the opening of the spigot on years of loans.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
The city began turning off the spigot to these delinquent customers on March 20, two days after the shutoff plans were discussed at a meeting of the Inkster City Council.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
An earthquake leveled the place in 1964, four years before oil was discovered and opened a spigot of money that shaped the mini metropolis one encounters today.
—David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
Outside preparation Before the temperature drops below 32 degrees, outdoor water spigots attached to homes should be opened to allow to drain water out.
—USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
Through the new Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance, U.S. officials will investigate allegations of human rights violations and potentially cut off the spigot of U.S. weapons to offenders.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2023
Before long, that spigot could then flow back into life sciences, helping young firms get off the ground — and sign leases.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of spigot was
in the 14th century
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“Spigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spigot. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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