Associations to the word «Speck»

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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn