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: something resembling a spigot especially in regulating availability or flow (as of money)
Examples of spigot in a Sentence
the spigot on a beer keg
Hook the hose up to the spigot behind the house.
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Sweet is a critical cog who keeps the spigot flowing.
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 June 2026
The point is that the plumbing for supervision is being installed even where the public spigot stays shut, and a carrier that treats the attestation as a box-ticking nicety may find, at the next exam, that the box came with a paper trail attached.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
The run spigot continued to flow.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 June 2026
The point is that the plumbing for supervision is being installed even where the public spigot stays shut, and a carrier that treats the attestation as a box-ticking nicety may find, at the next exam, that the box came with a paper trail attached.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
The run spigot continued to flow.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for spigot
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“Spigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spigot. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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