spot
spot
- n a point located with respect to surface features of some region
a bright spot on a planet - n a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
- n an outstanding characteristic
- n a blemish made by dirt
- n a small contrasting part of something
a bald spot
a leopard's spots - n a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
they changed his spot on the program - n a business establishment for entertainment
night spot - n a job in an organization
- n a slight attack of illness
- n a small piece or quantity of something
a spot of tea - n a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- n a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- n a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
an eight-spot - n an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- v catch sight of
- v detect with the senses
- v mar or impair with a flaw
- v make a spot or mark onto
The wine spotted the tablecloth - v become spotted
This dress spots quickly - v mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
spot the areas that one should clearly identify
- Few things are easier than telling a lie, and few things are harder than spotting one when it's told to us.
- Primitive television systems used a "flying spot.
- New book's theory hits the commercial spotG is for Grfenberg, Ernst, a German gynecologist and sex researcher.