Speck

What do we mean by speck?

A small spot, mark, or discoloration. noun

A tiny amount; a bit. noun

To mark with specks. transitive verb

Fat; lard; fat meat. Now used chiefly as derived from the German in the parts of Pennsylvania originally settled by Germans, or from the Dutch in New York (also in South Africa, for the fat meat of the hippopotamus); among whalers it is used for whale's blubber. noun

To spot; mark or stain in spots or dots.

Of fruit, specifically, to mark with a discolored spot denoting decay or rot: usually in the past participle.

A very small superficial spot or stain; a small dot, blot, blotch, or patch appearing on or adhering to a surface: as, specks of mold on paper; fly -specks on a wall. noun

In fruit, specifically, a minute spot denoting the beginning of decay; a pit or spot of rot or rottenness; hence, sometimes, a fruit affected by rot. noun

A patch or piece of some material. noun

Something appearing as a spot or patch; a small piece spread out: as, a speck of snow or of cloud. noun

A distinct or separate piece or particle; a very little bit; an atom; a mite: as, specks of dust; a speck of snuff or of soot; hence, the smallest quantity; the least morsel: as, he has not a speck of humor or of generosity. noun

A percoid fish, Ulocentra stigmæa of Jordan, common in ponds of the hill-country from Georgia to Louisiana. It is a darter, 2½ inches long, of an olivaceous color, speckled with small orange spots, and otherwise variegated. noun

A speck-moth. noun

To stain or dot with ink small blemishes in (a finished fabric), so as to conceal or obliterate them.

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. noun

Falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel. noun

To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle. transitive verb

A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish. noun

A very small thing; a particle; a mite noun

A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmæa) common in the Eastern United States. noun

A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.

A very small thing; a particle; a whit.

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

Words that are spelled similarly to speck:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word speck:
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Words that rhyme with speck:
check, deck, tech, neck, trek, wreck, cheque, tec, spec, peck, bottleneck, fleck, sec, heck, parsec, beck, tek, redneck, paycheck, lech, opec, reck, aztec, lek, dreck, keck, bedeck, czech, whelk, feck, biotech, dec, bec, symantec, rec, roughneck, nec, breakneck, apec, exec, rain check, geck, quebec, turtleneck, discotheque, sneck, henpeck, eck, treck, ek, in check, mech, seck, recheck, quarterdeck, antec, triple sec, pech, hightech, teck, yecch, leck, blech, ringneck, shek, steinbeck, weck, pain in the neck, poop deck, rech, breck, drecche, freck, lubeck, meck, steck, grecque, brubeck, flight deck, blank check, kotek, spelk, chek, bleck, crew neck, tape deck, sematech, bank check, vasotec, teaneck, dubcek, schreck, streck, schneck, sheck, stech, ameritech, health check, sun deck, adaptec.

Adjectives that are often used to describe speck:
tiny, black, mere, little, small, white, dark, single, minute, distant, smallest, bright, last, red, least, insignificant, tiniest, dim, imaginary, invisible, infinitesimal, brown, faint, yellow, microscopic, slightest, fly, blue, golden, merest, visible, green, darker, solitary, grey, gray, bacterial, whitish, pitted, round, imperceptible, minutest, occasional, luminous, jelly, motionless, silvery, lonely, isolated, latent, remote, pitiable, scarce, feeble, sole, purple, scarlet, off, pale, brilliant, dazzling, image, safe, dust, faintest, shadowy, minuscule, perceptible, opaque, wee, bluish, finite, orange, shaped, upright, evanescent, distinguishable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective speck:
tackle, images, tackles, lum, intensity, density, trough, disease, numerals, fungus, islands, boat, body.

Consonant match to speck:
speak, spike, spec, spoke, spook, spic, spake, spick, spock, speke, spelk, spack, speake, spak, speich.

Words that sound like speck:
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