spot

Definitions

• A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
• A stain or disfiguring mark.
• A pimple, papule or pustule.
• A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
• (slang) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
• A location or area.
• A parking space.
• (sports) An official determination of placement.
• A bright lamp; a spotlight.
• (US) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
• Difficult situation; predicament.
• (gymnastics) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
• (soccer) penalty Penalty spot.
• The act of spotting or noticing something.
• A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
• A food fish () of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
• The , or (), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
• (in the plural) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
• An autosoliton.
• (finance) A decimal point; point.
• Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
• Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.