Definition of Spot

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Definition of Spot

Spot

Lit., being on the spot, or place;

on hand for immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as, spot wheat.

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.

A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.

A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.

A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.

The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.

Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper.

To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.

To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.

To become stained with spots.

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Spot Quotations

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Thomas Jefferson

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso

I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
Steven Wright

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true.
Robert H. Schuller

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Edgar Allan Poe

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
Voltaire

I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture.
Frank Lloyd Wright

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
John Locke

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
Henry Ward Beecher

The cast clubs were a big part of it, too. I found I wasn't getting that instant feedback I was used to with a forged blade. The sweet spot is a shade bigger, and when I didn't hit the ball dead center, I didn't know it, because it still felt great.
Payne Stewart

Spot Translations

spot in Afrikaans is punt, plek
spot in Danish is punkt, plet, sted, plads
spot in Dutch is ruimte, lokaliteit, oord, plaats
spot in Finnish is tahra, piste, paikka
spot in German is Fleck, Platz, sehen, entdecken
spot in Italian is posto, macchia
spot in Latin is punctum
spot in Norwegian is plass, punkt
spot in Portuguese is ponto
spot in Spanish is mancha, punto, mancilla

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