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speck
/spɛk/
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What does speck mean?
noun
- A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
- A very small amount; a particle; a whit.
- A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
More meanings (6)
verb
- To mark with specks; to speckle.
noun
- Fat; lard; fat meat.
- A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
- The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
- The fat of the hippopotamus.
proper noun
- A surname from German.
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IPA pronunciation
/spɛk/
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This weak point might be a mere speck on the glass, no larger than a pea, under which the spring lay hidden.
The time is but as a speck, yet large enough to justify a pause for retrospection—and a pause it must only be.
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In each case, there is an arrangement of glass and metal, an eye, and a little speck of light in the distance.
Then through a gap in the hills far to the left we saw a little black speck moving rapidly in our direction.
A moving speck appeared, then others, not bunched, but in a straggling train, and at times there was a far faint cry.