stip·ple

(stĭp′əl)

tr.v. stip·pled, stip·pling, stip·ples

1. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.

2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.

3. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds" (Flannery O'Connor).

1. A method of drawing, engraving, or painting using dots or short strokes.

2. The effect produced by stippling.

[Dutch stippelen, frequentative of stippen, to speckle, from stip, dot, from Middle Dutch.]

stip′pler n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

stippled - having a pattern of dots

dotted, flecked, specked, speckled

patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

Translations

stippled

[ˈstɪp/əld] adj → punteggiato/a

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References in classic literature

If one could have hung that June morning in a balloon in the blazing blue above London every northward and eastward road running out of the tangled maze of streets would have seemed stippled black with the streaming fugitives, each dot a human agony of terror and physical distress.

View in context

I have done quite a few guns and just stippled up to the lines I had drawn or simply imagined on the frame.

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To provide even more designer looks, texture options include straight grain, stippled and glass.

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If you've stippled your quilts to death and are ready to try something--anything else, then today is your lucky day as we're going to learn three new takes on this classic design.

Three new take on stippling