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    Speck
    /spek/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. mark with small spots: "their skin was specked with goose pimples"
  2. a very small mark, piece, or amount: He'd been painting the door and there were specks of paint all over the floor. There's not a speck of (= not any) dust / dirt in their house. We could see a speck (= a small amount) of light at the end of the tunnel. Synonyms. mote literary. particle (SMALL PIECE) Compare. shard. fragment noun.

  3. 1. a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies. 2. a very little bit or particle. 3. something appearing small by comparison or by reason of distance. v.t. 4. to mark with or as if with specks. [before 900; Old English specca; compare speckle]

  4. noun. a very small spot. “the plane was just a speck in the sky”. synonyms: pinpoint. see more. see less. type of: dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot. a small contrasting part of something.

  5. 3 days ago · 1. countable noun. A speck is a very small stain, mark, or shape. ...a speck of blood. [ + of] 2. countable noun. A speck is a very small piece of a powdery substance. Billy leaned forward and brushed a speck of dust off his shoe. [ + of] Synonyms: particle, bit, grain, dot More Synonyms of speck. More Synonyms of speck.

  6. speck a very small mark, spot or piece of a substance on something: There isn’t a speck of dust anywhere in the house. blot a spot or dirty mark left on something by a substance such as ink or paint being dropped on a surface smear a mark made by something such as oil or paint being spread or rubbed on a surface spot a small dirty mark on ...

  7. Speck definition: a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies. See examples of SPECK used in a sentence.

  8. speck meaning, definition, what is speck: a very small mark, spot, or piece of som...: Learn more.

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