How do you use Spigot in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like tap or plug, plus the exact meaning.
Spigot meaning
- A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
- A water tap: a faucet or sillcock.
Using Spigot
- The main meaning on this page is: A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. | The plug of a faucet, tap or cock. | A water tap: a faucet or sillcock.
- Useful related words include: tap, plug, stopper, stopple.
- In the example corpus, spigot often appears in combinations such as: the spigot, water spigot, spigot on.
Context around Spigot
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spigot
- In this selection, "spigot" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, water, fiscal, jammed, needs and off stand out and add context to how "spigot" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a jammed spigot so slowly and a water spigot. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spigot" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spigot
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Clinton made welfare into “workfare” and controlled the fiscal spigot. (10 words)
It made possible the soft ice cream machine in which a cone is filled beneath a spigot on order. (19 words)
As President Buhari grudgingly assented to the 2018 budget, expectations of him opening the spending spigot have proven overly optimistic. (20 words)
The Ellsworth Fire Department, which typically gets its water from a spigot on the south side of the 114-year-old building, has had to rely on neighboring fire departments — particularly Adrian — to supply water to help battle the fire. (40 words)
Overall, the ZeroWater ZP-010 made my job pretty easy here -- it completely dominated in terms of removing TDS and also happened to have the sturdiest design with the bonus addition of a water spigot. (35 words)
Rampant fraud across the banking industry and unfettered access to credit for home subprime buyers led to the housing industry’s demise a decade ago, but lenders never turned the spigot off for auto lending. (35 words)
Example sentences (15)
Clinton made welfare into “workfare” and controlled the fiscal spigot.
I have only a water spigot such as the kind used for a garden hose and a sink with only cold running water.
We were generous because we felt we needed and were obligated to help Ukraine, we did that and now and that spigot needs to be turned off.
In April 2018, she began tapping into her vast network of Asian American organizations to bring in donors who would open the spigot for Mr. Adams.
I shove my shopping cart with the sticky wheel alongside the filling station, where water trickles from a jammed spigot so slowly it takes 30 minutes to fill eight jugs.
Next, crack down on employers who hire illegals and cut off the spigot of lavish taxpayer-funded benefits for illegals who arrive.
Some expressed optimism that the grim shutoff of the money spigot to Black businesses might change with the House passage of an added $3 trillion stimulus package.
And in recent months, Mr. Miller has argued that the economic distress caused by the virus has made it even more important to turn off the spigot.
Just before the season started, they opened the cash spigot again for the newly arrived outfielder Mookie Betts, a game-changer at the plate and in the field.
Overall, the ZeroWater ZP-010 made my job pretty easy here -- it completely dominated in terms of removing TDS and also happened to have the sturdiest design with the bonus addition of a water spigot.
Driving north through torrential downpours appeared to be blocking our route north with a wall of water but just when we needed it most the clouds separated and the spigot was shut.
The Ellsworth Fire Department, which typically gets its water from a spigot on the south side of the 114-year-old building, has had to rely on neighboring fire departments — particularly Adrian — to supply water to help battle the fire.
As President Buhari grudgingly assented to the 2018 budget, expectations of him opening the spending spigot have proven overly optimistic.
Rampant fraud across the banking industry and unfettered access to credit for home subprime buyers led to the housing industry’s demise a decade ago, but lenders never turned the spigot off for auto lending.
It made possible the soft ice cream machine in which a cone is filled beneath a spigot on order.
Common combinations with spigot
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the spigot 5×
- water spigot 2×
- spigot on 2×