British call it a 'tap' . Personally I think that's more sensible. |
British people call a faucet a tap.
It means 'taps' in Britain.
The American word for tap is faucet.
The word 'faucet' is called a tap in British English.American English also uses the word 'tap' for a faucet.
jet as in water jet from faucet slang - a bunch
The faucet drips even when the water is turned off.
The water ran through the faucet.
Spigiot is not a word however it is very close to the word "spigot" which is a word and has something to do with a faucet. The part that the faucet spins on is a spigot.
The only 3 letter word I can think of for faucet is 'tap'.
The first syllable is stressed in faucet.
leaky or leaking as in leaky faucet or leaking faucet.
tap.
hydrant
The word is so old, that while it did not develop in Britain, American English undoubtedly inherited it from British English.