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The correct spelling is speck.
How to pronounce speck
/spɛk/
nounIPA: /spɛk/
Say it like: Spe-k
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.A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
- 2.A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
- 3.A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
- 4.Fat; lard; fat meat.
- 5.A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
verb
- 1.To mark with specks; to speckle.
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