faucet
nounUK /ˈfɔːsɪt/ · US /ˈfɔsɪt/
Etymology From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin: * Possibly from Late Latin falsāre (“to falsify”) or from a diminutive of Latin faux, faucēs (“throat”). * Alternatively, from Old Norse foss, fors (“waterfall”), thus, cognate with English force, foss.
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Canada, US An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
- The rain ceased as if a faucet had been turned off.
- Wallace beats his palm against the reluctant handle of the faucet until it gives way, and the water comes out too hard, too fast.2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 80:
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One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
Game development
3
A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel.
- The pipe or faucet or rather fast set, so called, because it is set fast in.1585, Adrianus Junius, John Higgins, The Nomenclator, Or Remembrancer of Adrianus Iunius Physician ... VVritten ... in Latine, Greeke, French and Other Forrein Tongues : and Now in English by J. Higins... VVith ... a Dictional Index, London: Ralph Newberie and Henrie Denham, sourced from British Library, via Google Books, page 238:
- Derived terms
- Bitcoin faucet, faucet aerator, faucetless, faucetlike, health faucet
- Hypernyms
- valve