Spot vs Dirty - What's the difference?
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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, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
A location or area.
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A parking space.
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(sports) An official determination of placement.
A bright lamp; a spotlight.
(US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
Difficult situation; predicament
(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter
(soccer) penalty spot
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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 (Liostomus xanthurus ) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
(in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
An autosoliton.
To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify
(finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
(ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
(dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
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To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
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That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
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Out of tune.
Of color, discolored by impurities.
(computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
(slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
(informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
Sleety; gusty; stormy.
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To make (something) dirty.
To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
To become soiled.
Spot is a related term of dirty.
As a noun spot
is .As an adjective dirty is
unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.As an adverb dirty is
in a dirty manner.As a verb dirty is
to make (something) dirty.spot
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Noun
(en noun)- The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
- I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.
- That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.
- I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots .
- Would you like to come round on Sunday for a spot of lunch?
- Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot''' and two five '''spots .
- I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.
- For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.
- That spot to which I point is Paradise.
- "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
- Yachvilli made it 6-0 with a second sweet strike from 45 metres after Matt Stevens was penalised for collapsing a scrum, and then slid another penalty just wide from the same spot .
- The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.
- Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?
- She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.
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- - You've misspelled "terrapin" here.
- ''- Whoops. Good spot .
Derived terms
* on the spot * put someone on the spot * sitspot * shot spot * spot check * spot color / spot colour * spot market * spot on * spot remover * spotty * X marks the spotVerb
(spott)- Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.
- I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.
- Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
- a garment spotted with mould
- I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
- I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
- Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.
- My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
- If ever I shall close these eyes but once, / May I live spotted for my perjury.
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Adjective
(er)The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable.
- Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
- Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.