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speck

spek7 senses · 173 ms
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noun/spɛk/
  1. 1

    A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.

    • a tiny speck of soot
  2. 2

    A very small amount; a particle; a whit.

    • He has not a speck of money.
    • not a speck of truth in her story.
  3. 3

    A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.

verb/spɛk/
  1. 1

    To mark with specks; to speckle.transitive

    • paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture
noun/spɛk/
  1. 1

    Fat; lard; fat meat.uncountable

  2. 2

    A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.uncountable

  3. 3

    The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.uncountable

  4. 4

    The fat of the hippopotamus.uncountable

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