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speck

The correct spelling is speck.

How to pronounce speck

/spɛk/
noun

IPA: /spɛk/

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The correct spelling is speck. A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. For example: "a tiny speck of soot"

Usage Examples

a tiny speck of soot

He has not a speck of money.

paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
  2. 2.A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
  3. 3.A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
  4. 4.Fat; lard; fat meat.
  5. 5.A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.

verb

  1. 1.To mark with specks; to speckle.

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