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speck
[ spek ]
noun
- 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.
- a very little bit or particle:
We haven't a speck of sugar.
- something appearing small by comparison or by reason of distance:
By then the town was just a speck.
verb (used with object)
- to mark with, or as with, a speck or specks.
speck
/ spɛk /
noun
- a very small mark or spot
- a small or tiny piece of something
verb
- tr to mark with specks or spots
Other Words From
- speck·ed·ness [spek, -id-nis], noun
- speckless adjective
- speckless·ly adverb
- speckless·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of speck1
Word History and Origins
Origin of speck1
Example Sentences
Then be grateful for this perk,And forget that the economy is dreck, And while I plot my coup — here’s what I’ve got for you,It’s just a speck.
Hundreds of specks appear clustered beyond Neptune, a hint that something up to 10 times as massive as Earth might lie beyond.
That star was no longer an anonymous speck floating in a vast uncharted sea.
An atomic nucleus is a vanishingly small speck at the core of a comparatively vast atom.
Some of these negatively charged electrons will be absorbed by the surrounding specks of dust.
“I think you'd make a great city planner just based on what you've learned from designing this game,” Speck tells Librande.
“I think about design, but I'm not operating on a scale where I'm thinking about power production,” says Speck.
Dick pointed to a black speck on the water, a considerable distance ahead of them.
They came to a turn in the passage and for a moment a little speck of light showed ahead of them.
The upper edge of the sun was just visible above the horizon, gleaming through the haze like a speck of ruddy fire.
One of the officers instantly went to the top with his binocular, bringing it to bear on a small, far distant speck on the ocean.
That little Earth is most beautiful thus lighted up by the Sun, with its microscopic moon which looks like a speck beside it.
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