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fleck

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5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /flɛk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cefklStarts with FEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make a spot or mark onto

Word origin

From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.

Used in a sentence

  • two flecks of Lard cut with your knife
  • With teeth they smooth their work, as on it slips, And flecks of wool stick to their wither'd lips
  • A single fleck of wool from his sock got caught on a splintery floorboard and that was enough to convict him.

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