faucet

Meaning

Noun

• An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
• One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

Related

Similar words

• , spigot

Broader meaning words

• valve

Origin

• From Middle English faucet, fawcett, borrowed from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Late Latin falsō or from a diminutive of Latin faux ("throat").