The Meaning of speck

• (n.) The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.
• (n.) A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.
• (n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.
• (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
• (v. t.) To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture.

Synonyms

pinpoint , atom , molecule , particle , corpuscle , mote , touch , hint , tinge , mite , pinch , jot , soupcon

Homophones

spec

Rhymes

aztec , baek , bec , beck , bedeck , biotech , blech , bleck , bo-shek , bottleneck , breakneck , breck , brekke , brubeck , cech , check , chek , cheque , czech , dec , dech , deck , dehecq , discotheque , domecq , dreck , dubcek , dweck , eck , ek , exec , feck , fleck , francek , frech , freck , gacek , geck , heck , henpeck , jacek , jech , keck , kleck , krech , labrecque , lech , leck , lek , lubeck , macek , mcpeck , mech , meck , nec , neck , opec , parsec , paycheck , pech , peck , placek , polytech , ptacek , quarterdeck , quebec , quek , rec , receptech , rech , recheck , reck , redneck , ringneck , roughneck , rubeck , scheck , schmeck , schneck , schreck , sec , sheck , shek , shreck , sneck , spec , stec , stech , steck , streck , teaneck , tec , tech , teck , tek , trek , turtleneck , vacek , vanek , vanhecke , vanvleck , vasotec , weck , whelk , wnek , wreck , yeck , zacek , zech , zeck