<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.</li><li>something that mars one's character or reputation; blemish; flaw.</li><li>Synonyms: stigma, taint.</li><li>a small blemish, mole, or lesion on the skin or other surface.</li><li>a small, circumscribed mark caused by disease, allergic reaction, decay, etc.</li><li>a comparatively small, usually roundish, part of a surface differing from the rest in color, texture, character, etc.: a bald spot.</li><li>a place or locality: A monument marks the spot where Washington slept.</li><li>Synonyms: situation, site, locale.</li><li>places of entertainment or sightseeing interest: We went to a few spots to dance and see the floor shows.</li><li>a specific position in a sequence or hierarchy: The choral group has the second spot on the program, right after the dancers.</li><li>Cards. one of various traditional, geometric drawings of a club, diamond, heart, or spade on a playing card for indicating suit and value.</li><li>any playing card from a two through a ten: He drew a jack, a queen, and a three spot.</li><li>a pip, as on dice or dominoes.</li><li>Slang. a piece of paper money, almost always indicated as a five- or ten-dollar bill: Can you loan me a five spot until payday?</li><li>a small drawing, usually black and white, appearing within or accompanying a text.</li><li>Chiefly British Informal. a small quantity of anything.</li><li>a drink: a spot of tea.</li><li>a small croaker, Leiostomus xanthurus, of the eastern coast of the U.S., used as a food fish.</li><li>spots, Informal. commodities, as grain, wool, and soybeans, sold for immediate delivery.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to stain or mark with spots: The grease spotted my dress.</li><li>to remove a spot or spots from (clothing), especially before dry cleaning.</li><li>to sully; blemish.</li><li>Synonyms: tarnish, soil, stigmatize, taint, stain.</li><li>to mark or diversify with spots or dots, as of color: We spotted the wall with blue paint.</li><li>Synonyms: speckle.</li><li>to detect or recognize; locate or identify by seeing: to spot a hiding child.</li><li>to place or position on a particular place: to spot a billiard ball.</li><li>to stop (a railroad car) at the exact place required.</li><li>to scatter in various places: to spot chairs here and there in the room.</li><li>Informal. spotlight (def 5).</li><li>Military. to determine (a location) precisely on either the ground or a map.</li><li>to observe (the results of gunfire at or near a target) for the purpose of correcting aim.</li><li>Photography. to remove spots from (a negative or print) by covering with opaque color.</li><li>Sports. to give or grant a certain margin or advantage to (an opponent): He spotted the tyro 12 points a game.</li><li>(in gymnastics) to watch or assist (a performer) in order to prevent injury.</li><li>Slang. to lend: Can you spot me twenty for tonight's game?</li><li>(used without object) to make a spot; cause a stain: Ink spots badly.</li><li>to become spotted, as some fabrics when spattered with water.</li><li>Military. to serve or act as a spotter.</li></ul><p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>pertaining to the point of origin of a local broadcast.</li><li>broadcast between announced programs.</li><li>made, paid, delivered, etc., at once: a spot sale; spot goods.</li></ul>