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spot meaning in English

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spot substantief
{m}

contumely [contumelies](offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
noun
[UK: ˈkɒn.tjuːm.li] [US: kɒn.ˈtuː.mə.li]

spot [spots](bright lamp; spotlight)
noun
[UK: spɒt] [US: ˈspɑːt]

spotlicht substantief
{n}

limelight(attention or notice)
noun
[UK: ˈlaɪm.laɪt] [US: ˈlaɪm.ˌlaɪt]

spotlight substantief
{m} {f}

spotlight [spotlights](a bright lamp, especially one used to illuminate the center of attention on a stage)
noun
[UK: ˈspɒt.laɪt] [US: ˈspɑːˌt.laɪt]

spotlijster substantief
{m} {f}

mockingbird [mockingbirds](songbird of the family Mimidae)
noun
[UK: ˈmɒk.ɪŋ.bɜːd] [US: ˈmɑːk.ɪŋ.ˌbərd]

spotnaam substantief

byword(someone who stands for something else)
noun
[UK: ˈbaɪ.wɜːd] [US: ˈbaɪ.ˌwərd]

spotten werkwoord

jeer [jeered, jeering, jeers](to scoff or mock)
verb
[UK: dʒɪə(r)] [US: ˈdʒɪr]

scoff [scoffed, scoffing, scoffs](to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision)
verb
[UK: skɒf] [US: ˈskɒf]

spot(sports: support or assist a maneuver)
verb
[UK: spɒt] [US: ˈspɑːt]

spotten met werkwoord

mock [mocked, mocking, mocks](to taunt)
verb
[UK: mɒk] [US: ˈmɑːk]

spottend bijvoeglijk naamwoord

facetious(flippant)
adjective
[UK: fə.ˈsiː.ʃəs] [US: fə.ˈsiː.ʃəs]

flippant(lacking respect)
adjective
[UK: ˈflɪ.pənt] [US: ˈflɪ.pənt]

spotter substantief
{m}

heckler [hecklers](one who heckles, insults, makes fun of, or teases)
noun
[UK: ˈhe.klə(r)] [US: ˈhe.klər]

spotterig bijvoeglijk naamwoord

facetious(flippant)
adjective
[UK: fə.ˈsiː.ʃəs] [US: fə.ˈsiː.ʃəs]

spotting scope substantief
{m}

spotting scope(compact high-power monocular telescope for observing wildlife or targets)
noun

bespottelijk bijvoeglijk naamwoord

farcical(absurd)
adjective
[UK: ˈfɑː.sɪk.l̩] [US: ˈfɑːr.sək.l̩]

bespottelijk bijwoord

ridiculously(in a ridiculous manner)
adverb
[UK: rɪ.ˈdɪ.kjʊ.lə.sli] [US: rə.ˈdɪ.kjə.lə.sli]

bespotten werkwoord

deride [derided, deriding, derides](to harshly mock; ridicule)
verb
[UK: dɪ.ˈraɪd] [US: dɪ.ˈraɪd]

flout [flouted, flouting, flouts](to scorn)
verb
[UK: flaʊt] [US: ˈflaʊt]

make fun of(tease, ridicule)
verb

mock [mocked, mocking, mocks](to taunt)
verb
[UK: mɒk] [US: ˈmɑːk]

pillory(subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse)
verb
[UK: ˈpɪ.lə.ri] [US: ˈpɪ.lə.ri]

ridicule [ridiculed, ridiculing, ridicules](to make fun of someone)
verb
[UK: ˈrɪ.dɪ.kjuːl] [US: ˈrɪ.də.ˌkjuːl]

despotisme substantief
{n}

despotism [despotisms](government by a singular authority)
noun
[UK: ˈde.spə.tɪ.zəm] [US: ˈde.spə.ˌtɪ.zəm]

in het spotlicht preposition

in the limelight(focus of attention)
preposition

kleine spotvogel substantief
{m}

booted warbler(Iduna caligata)
noun

krombekspotlijster substantief
{m}

curve-billed thrasher(Toxostoma curvirostre)
noun

pispot substantief
{m}

chamber pot(a container used for urination and defecation, see also: urinal; chemical toilet)
noun
[UK: ˈtʃeɪm.bə(r) pɒt] [US: ˈtʃeɪm.bər ˈpɑːt]

reclamespot substantief

commercial [commercials](advertisement in a common media format)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈmɜːʃ.l̩] [US: kə.ˈmɝː.ʃl̩]

reclamespot substantief
{m}

spot [spots](a brief advertisement)
noun
[UK: spɒt] [US: ˈspɑːt]

Russische spotvogel substantief
{m}

booted warbler(Iduna caligata)
noun

timmermanspotlood substantief
{n}

carpenter's pencil(type of pencil)
noun

vogelspotten werkwoord

twitch [twitched, twitching, twitches](to spot a bird)
verb
[UK: twɪtʃ] [US: ˈtwɪtʃ]

vogelspotten substantief

birdwatching(observing wild birds)
noun
[UK: ˈbɜː.dwɒ.tʃə(r)ɪŋ] [US: ˈbɝː.dwɒ.tʃər.ɪŋ]

zelfspot substantief
{m}

self-deprecation(disparaging view of oneself)
noun

self-mockerynoun