speck
Pronunciation:
/spɛk/noun
Definitions
A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
Example: a tiny speck of soot
A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
Example: He has not a speck of money.
A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
verb
Definitions
To mark with specks; to speckle.
Example: paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture