Speck
noun
1.
a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies:
Specks of soot on the window sill.
2.
a very little bit or particle:
We haven’t a speck of sugar.
3.
something appearing small by comparison or by reason of distance:
By then the town was just a speck.
verb (used with object)
4.
to mark with, or as with, a speck or specks.
noun
1.
a very small mark or spot
2.
a small or tiny piece of something
verb
3.
(transitive) to mark with specks or spots
Read Also:
- Specked
noun 1. Usually, specs. specification (def 2). 2. speculation. adjective 3. built, done, bought, etc., as a speculation: the construction of spec houses. verb (used with object), spec’d or specked or specced, spec’ing or specking or speccing. 4. to provide specifications for: Their newest truck was spec’d by a computer. Idioms 5. on spec, made, […]
- Specking
noun 1. Usually, specs. specification (def 2). 2. speculation. adjective 3. built, done, bought, etc., as a speculation: the construction of spec houses. verb (used with object), spec’d or specked or specced, spec’ing or specking or speccing. 4. to provide specifications for: Their newest truck was spec’d by a computer. Idioms 5. on spec, made, […]
- Speckle
noun 1. a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin. 2. speckled coloring or marking. verb (used with object), speckled, speckling. 3. to mark with or as with speckles. noun 1. a small or slight mark usually of a contrasting colour, as on the skin, a bird’s plumage, or eggs verb 2. (transitive) to […]
- Speckled butter bean
noun See calico bean
- Speckled-trout
noun 1. brook trout (def 1). speckled trout noun 1. another name for brook trout