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🔹 A tiny spot 🖌️ To mark with spots
to fleck

to fleck

10 6.0
To mark a surface with small spots of color or light
  • verb
  • /flɛk/
translation icon : salpicar (de)
  • The gentle rain flecked the windshield, creating a beautiful pattern as we drove.
  • flecked with white

Lots of little spots of, you know, almost transparent paint flecked on, you know.

Examples

  • In his tiny room, he hung up his jacket, which was flecked with cigarette burns.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Her eyes were a charred sienna-brown, flecked with dancing particles of shining gold.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Her eyes were green, flecked with gold, and clearly engaged in the present moment.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The half moon was up in a star-flecked sky, giving more than enough light for Perrin's eyes.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The low sun dominated a morning sky flecked with small, elongated clouds.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • A hard surface, cloud-white and flecked like marble, but rough to the touch, feeling similar to sandstone.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • His eyes were pale gray flecked with silver, and in the moonlight they flashed like diamonds.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Chicken-fried steak was almost always served with mashed potatoes and white, pepper-flecked cream gravy.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The artist flecked the canvas with vibrant colors to create a stunning effect.

  • Sprinkles of snow flecked the landscape, giving it a picturesque winter charm.

Synonyms

to spot
vsto fleck
46 2.2

To make a small mark or stain on something

is similar but emphasizes many small decorative or light spots
to splash
vsto fleck
16 4.1

To put patches of color on a surface

creates smaller discrete spots or flecks rather than large irregular patches
to speckle
vsto fleck
15 3.9

To cover something with many small spots of a different color

is similar but can mean fewer or slightly larger small spots
to dapple
vsto fleck
5 7.2

To make small spots of a different color on something

uses smaller, more frequent specks rather than larger patches
to mottle
vsto fleck
3 8.0

To make something have uneven spots or patches of color

is narrower, highlighting small spots rather than varied streaks
to blotch
vsto fleck
2 5.3

To mark something with irregular spots of a different color

is lighter and less like a large stain or heavy patch
to splotch
vsto fleck
2 6.7

To put uneven marks of color or liquid on a surface

refers to smaller dry spots or light flecks rather than large blobs
to blot
vsto fleck
2 3.7

To make a mark or stain on a surface, often with liquid

is about tiny colored marks rather than a liquid stain
to speck
vsto fleck
1 5.6

To mark something with small spots

is like this but stresses small spots or light patches
to bespeckle
vsto fleck
9.6

To mark something with small spots

is the same idea but often implies lighter or fewer marks
to smatter color
vsto fleck
  • US
9.1

To put small spots of color over a surface like a shirt or wall

focuses more on small distinct spots rather than broad scattering
to smatter paint
vsto fleck
8.6

To paint quickly in a messy, uneven way

is neater, implying deliberate small spots rather than careless strokes
to harlequin
vsto fleck
  • Archaic
9.9

To cover something with patches of different colors

is more random and subtle, not an arranged patterned design

Antonyms

to clean
∞ 1.0

To remove dirt and stains

How Spotted

to blotch
2 5.3
to speckle
15 3.9
to fleck
10 6.0
to dot
39 3.0

Surface Forms

fleck infinitive
flecked past
flecked past participle
flecking present participle
flecks third person singular

Etymology

Fleck as a verb comes from the idea of a small spot, so to fleck something is to 'mark' it with many tiny spots or bits, as when sunlight flecks the floor.