speck

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Old English spekke.

Noun [edit]

speck (plural specks)

  1. (countable) A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
    tiny speck of soot
  2. (uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
  3. A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
    He has not a speck of money.
  4. A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the eastern United States.
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Verb [edit]

speck (third-person singular simple present specks, present participle specking, simple past and past participle specked)

  1. (transitive) To mark with specks; to speckle.
    paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture
    • Milton
      Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold.

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Noun [edit]

speck (uncountable)

  1. The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
  2. The fat of the hippopotamus.

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