Speck - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|spek|
Brit.
|spek|
noun
- a very small spot (syn: pinpoint)
- a slight but appreciable amount (syn: hint, jot, mite, pinch, tinge, touch)
the plane was just a speck in the sky
- (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything (syn: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle)- a slight but appreciable amount (syn: hint, jot, mite, pinch, tinge, touch)
verb
- produce specks in or on
speck the cloth
Extra examples
There was not a speck of dust anywhere.
Soon the balloon was only a speck in the sky.
She writes without a speck of humor.
The town became a speck.
These are all small ethnic groups, mere specks on the map.
The whole solar system is but a mere speck in the universe.
The lake was soon specked by people.
There is not a speck of dust in that house.
There's not a speck of dust in the kitchen.
Word forms
noun
singular: speck
plural: specks
singular: speck
plural: specks
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