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speck  (spk)

n.

1. A small spot, mark, or discoloration.

2. A tiny amount; a bit: not a speck of truth in her story.

tr.v. specked, speck·ing, specks

To mark with specks.

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[Middle English specke, from Old English specca.]

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speck [spɛk]

n

1. a very small mark or spot

2. a small or tiny piece of something

vb

(tr) to mark with specks or spots

[Old English specca; related to Middle Dutch spekelen to sprinkle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	speck - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" pinpoint maculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
	2.	speck - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything corpuscle, mote, particle, molecule, atom grain - a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar" grinding - material resulting from the process of grinding; "vegetable grindings clogged the drain" material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" chylomicron - a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood flyspeck - a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly identification particle - a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture
	3.	speck - a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" mite, soupcon, tinge, jot, hint, pinch, touch small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude snuff - a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
Verb	1.	speck - produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth" mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"

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speck

noun

1. mark, spot, dot, stain, blot, fleck, speckle, mote There is a speck of blood by his ear.

2. particle, bit, grain, dot, atom, shred, mite, jot, modicum, whit, tittle, iota He leaned forward and brushed a speck of dust off his shoes.

Translations

speck [spek]

A. N

1. (= small stain) → pequeña mancha f

2. (= particle) [of dust] → mota f

3. (= dot, point) → punto m
it's just a speck on the horizon → es un punto en el horizonte nada más

4. (= small portion) → pizca f
there's not a speck of truth in it → no tiene ni pizca de verdad
just a speck, thanks → un poquitín, gracias

B. VT = speckle

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speck [ˈspɛk] n

[dirt, mud, blood, ink] → petite tache f

[dust, soot] → grain m

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speck

n → Fleck m; (of blood, paint, mud also) → Spritzer m; (of dust) → Körnchen nt; (of soot) → Flocke f, → Flöckchen nt; (of gold, colour etc) → Sprenkel m; (= small portion, of drink etc) → Tropfen m, → Tröpfchen nt; (of sugar, butter) → kleines bisschen; (fig, of truth, confidence) → Fünkchen nt, → Quäntchen nt; a speck on the horizon → ein Punkt m → or Pünktchen nt → am Horizont

vt to be specked with black → schwarze Fleckchen haben; (bird, eyes etc) → schwarz gesprenkelt sein; his face was specked with dirt → er hatte Schmutzflecken im Gesicht; to be specked with blood → blutbespritzt sein

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speck [spɛk] n (of dust, dirt) → granello; (of ink, paint) → macchiolina, puntino
it was just a speck on the horizon → era solo un puntino all'orizzonte

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speck

n speck [spek]

1 a small spot or stain a speck of ink. spikkel بُقْعَه، لَطْخَه петънце skvrnka plet; stænk das Fleckchen κηλίδα, στίγμα, σημάδι manchita (väike) plekk, täpp نقطه täplä petite tache כֶּתֶם धब्बा točka, mrlja folt bercak blettur macchia しみ 작은 반점, 얼룩 dėmelė, taškelis traips; plankums titik vlekje flekk, søleskvett plamka mancha pată mică пятнышко škvrnka, fliačik majhen madež mrlja fläck, prick, stänk แต้ม; จุดด่าง minicik leke 汙點 плямочка, цятка چھوٹا سا دھبّا یا داغ đốm nhỏ 污点

2 a tiny piece (eg of dust). korreltjie ذَرَّه зрънце smítko fnug das Stückchen μόριο, κόκκος mota kübe ذره hitunen grain נְקוּדָה दाना, कण, कणिका trunak, trun szem(cse) kepingan ögn granello 細片 작은 조각, 작은 알갱이 dulkelė, šapelis, krislas drupata; drumsla; puteklītis calit spikkel grann, smule pyłek grão grăunte частичка; пылинка smietka drobec trunka korn, gnutta ชิ้นส่วนเล็ก ๆ zerre, çok ufak parça 微粒 частинка, крихта بندی، کسی چیز کا ذرّہ hạt bụi 微粒