Associations to the word «Speck»
Noun
Adjective
- Fuscous
- Tiny
- Whitish
- Blackish
- Brownish
- Insignificant
- Indistinct
- Whirling
- Mere
- Dotted
- Mottled
- Microscopic
- Dirt
- Yellowish
- Soaring
- Shimmering
- Swirling
- Glittering
- Reddish
- Distant
- Floating
- Imaginary
- Greenish
- Oblique
- Tinged
- Scattered
- Fluttering
- Grey
- Latent
- Diminishing
- Shining
- Invisible
- Dim
- Myriad
- Pale
- Brown
- Faint
- Streaked
- Farthest
- Glistening
- Visible
- Dorsal
- Marginal
- Silvery
- Bright
- Luminous
Wiktionary
SPECK, noun. (countable) A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
SPECK, noun. (uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
SPECK, noun. A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
SPECK, noun. A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma (Doration) stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
SPECK, verb. (transitive) To mark with specks; to speckle.
SPECK, noun. The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
SPECK, noun. The fat of the hippopotamus.
Dictionary definition
SPECK, noun. A very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky".
SPECK, noun. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.
SPECK, noun. A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic".
SPECK, verb. Produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.