spigot
Other forms: spigots
If you want to splash in a giant puddle, just leave the spigot open in your backyard. A spigot is a faucet, a device to turn water on and off. If you leave a spigot open, the water will keep flowing.
In the U.S., most of us call an indoor valve (in the kitchen or bathroom) a faucet, and the outdoor one a spigot. In other English-speaking places, a spigot is a plug inserted in a cask, or one end of a pipe. It's not uncommon for this word to be pronounced “spicket,” with some dictionaries including that as an acceptable way to say it.
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a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoirsynonyms: faucettypes:mixing faucetsingle faucet for separate hot and cold water pipestype of:regulatorany of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
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a plug for a bunghole in a cask
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Vocabulary lists containing spigot
Author Paul Fleischman coined the term seedfolks to describe ordinary people whose lives are connected by a community garden.
Scoob Lamar goes on an impromptu road trip with his grandma and learns secrets about her life in the segregated South.
Darius has always struggled to fit in: he suffers from depression, he is bullied at school, and he can never seem to meet his father's high expectations. When Darius's family travels to Iran to visit his grandparents, Darius finds a place where he belongs, and a true friendship, for the first time.