Spot

Spot

The common noun or verb spot has many meanings in English.

Otherwise, Spot or SPOT may refer to:

Advertising

* Radio spot
* TV spot
* Underwriting spot

Fiction

* "Spot the Dog", a series of children's books adapted for animation
* Spot (chicken), a character in "101 Dalmatians: The Series"
* Spot (comics), a Spider-Man villain
* Spot (Star Trek), a pet cat in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
* A character in the cartoon series "Hong Kong Phooey"
* A pet dragon in the TV series "The Munsters"
* A pet dog in the "Dick and Jane" textbook series
* Dairine's sentient computer in the Young Wizards series.

Music

* "Spot" (album), by the synthpop band And One
* Spot (music festival), a music festival held in Denmark
* SPOT (producer), the house producer and engineer for the label SST Records
* Spot (rapper/producer)
* Singing Priests of Tagbilaran, a Filipino musical group
* Jerry Chamberlain, the guitarist for the rock group the Swirling Eddies
* An acronym for "Sex Pistols On Tour Secretely", the name the Sex Pistols toured under in the United Kingdom after they were banned in December 1976.

Other meanings

* Spot (professional wrestling), a pre-planned wrestling move or series of moves
* SPOT (satellites)
* SPOT Satellite Messenger
* The Spot, New South Wales, a locality in Sydney, Australia
* Spot date, a financial term
* Spot Fetcher, a dog owned by U.S. President George W. Bush
* Skatepark of Tampa
* Smart Personal Objects Technology, a Microsoft initiative
* "Leiostomus xanthurus", a fish
* Pimple, a skin blemish
* Campbell de Morgan spots, small red spots on the skin (usually harmless)
* Scott Draves, (known as 'Spot'), digital artist and VJ
* A nickname for a spotlight
* Old Australian and New Zealand slang for one hundred dollars
* "screening passengers by observation techniques" (SPOT), one airport security technique
*Spots are a method of smoking cannabis. Also the term 'spot' may refer to a dealer lending cannabis to receive payment at a later time.
*Single Point of Truth, a principle aimed at reducing duplication in software engineering.


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  • spot — spot …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Spot — Spot …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • spot — [ spɔt ] n. m. et adj. inv. • 1889; mot angl. « tache, point » ♦ Anglic. I ♦ N. m. 1 ♦ Phys. Point lumineux réfléchi par le miroir de certains instruments de mesure (galvanomètre, etc.) qui se déplace le long d une échelle graduée. ♢ Tache… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • SPOT — (satellite) Satellite Spot 5 Les satellites Spot (Système Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre ou Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre) sont une série de satellites de télédétection civils d’observation du sol terrestre. Sommaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Spot 1 — Spot 5 SPOT (Système Probatoire d Observation de la Terre, später: Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre) ist der Name eines Satellitensytems, das die CNES in Frankreich zusammen mit Belgien und Schweden entwickelte. Die Firma Spot Image Group …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Spot — (sp[o^]t), n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See {Spit} to eject from the mouth, and cf. {Spatter}.] 1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spot — [spät] n. [ME < or akin to MDu spotte, akin to ON spotti, small piece (of ground)] 1. a small area of different color or texture from the main area of which it is a part; often, a mark made by some foreign matter; stain, blot, speck, patch,… …   English World dictionary

  • Spot-on — was a brand name for a line of toy cars and commercial vehicles built in Northern Ireland (UK).Spot On was a new range from Tri ang, a division of Lines Brothers, who, at one time, claimed to be the largest toy maker in the world. In the 1950s… …   Wikipedia

  • SPOT — (englisch: „Punkt“, „Fleck“, „Pickel“) bezeichnet: im Marketing einen kurzen Werbefilm, siehe Werbespot in der Fotografie ein Element der Belichtungsmessung, siehe Spotmessung in der Beleuchtung ein Licht, das nur einen begrenzten Teil eines… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Spot — (englisch: „Punkt“, „Fleck“, „Pickel“) bezeichnet: im Marketing einen kurzen Werbefilm, siehe Werbespot in der Fotografie ein Element der Belichtungsmessung, siehe Spotmessung in der Beleuchtung ein Licht, das nur einen begrenzten Teil eines… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • spot — SPOT, spoturi, s.n. 1. (fiz.) Urmă luminoasă lăsată pe o scară gradată sau pe un ecran de o rază de lumină reflectată pe oglinda unui instrument de măsură, care serveşte ca indicator. ♦ Fascicul concentrat de lumină folosit pentru luminarea… …   Dicționar Român

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