five-spot

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fahyv spot]
- /faɪv spɒt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fahyv spot]
- /faɪv spɒt/

Definitions of five-spot word

noun five-spot a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips; a domino one half of which bears five pips. 1
noun five-spot Slang. a five-dollar bill. 1
noun five-spot a low plant, Nemophila maculata, of the waterleaf family, native to western and central California, having white flowers with a purple spot at the tip of each of its five petals. 1
noun five-spot (in the US) a five-dollar bill 0

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Origin of five-spot

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Five-spot

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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five-spot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.