stipple (redirected from stippling)

stip·ple  (stpl)

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.

n.

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

2. The effect produced by stippling.

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

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stippler n.

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stipple

Verb

[-pling, -pled] to draw, engrave, or paint (something) using dots or flecks [Dutch stippelen]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	stipple - engrave by means of dots and flicks artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" engrave, etch - carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"
	2.	stipple - make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
	3.	stipple - apply (paint) in small dots or strokes paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
	4.	stipple - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" speckle dapple, mottle, cloud - colour with streaks or blotches of different shades