Speck

noun

/spɛk/

Word Frequency: 1.0

Definitions

1.nounA tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.

"a tiny speck of soot"

2.nounA very small thing; a particle; a whit.

"He has not a speck of money."

3.nounA small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.

4.verbTo mark with specks; to speckle.

"paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture"

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