'Speck' definitions:

Definition of 'speck'

From: WordNet
noun
A very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" [syn: speck, pinpoint]
noun
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
noun
A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon]
verb
Produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth"

Definition of 'Speck'

From: GCIDE
  • Speck \Speck\, n. [Cf. Icel. spik blubber, AS. spic, D. spek, G. speck.] The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. [1913 Webster]
  • Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Speck'

From: GCIDE
  • Speck \Speck\, n. [OE. spekke, AS. specca; cf. LG. spaak.]
  • 1. 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; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit. "Gray sand, with black specks." --Anson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money. [1913 Webster]
  • Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Speck'

From: GCIDE
  • Speck \Speck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specked; p. pr. & vb. n. Specking.] To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. [1913 Webster]
  • Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'speck'

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