spigot

1. 1.

   a plug for a bunghole in a cask

   Synonymstap

   Broaderplug

   Part ofbarrel
2. 2.

   a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir

   Synonymsfaucet

   Broaderregulator

   Narrowermixing faucetstopcockwater faucet

   Partshandle

Other forms of spigot

plural

spigots·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spigot

What does spigot mean?

spigot means "a plug for a bunghole in a cask". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spigot?

spigot has 2 syllables: spig-ot. The stress falls on "spig". In IPA it is /ˈspɪɡət/.

What is another word for spigot?

Close synonyms include tap, faucet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spigot a common word?

spigot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.