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Word entry · 5 letters

speck

Best crossword clue

"Tiny spot or particle"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /spɛk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cekpsStarts with SEnds with K2 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2P3E4C5K

Definitions

  1. produce specks in or on

Word origin

From Middle English spekke, from Old English specca (“small spot, stain”), from the same ultimate source as Proto-Germanic *sprakô (“spark”). Cognate with Low German spaken (“to spot with wet”).

Used in a sentence

  • a tiny speck of soot
  • Matvey was already holding up the shirt like a horse’s collar, and, blowing off some invisible speck, he slipped it with obvious pleasure over the well-groomed body of his master.
  • He has not a speck of money.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Tiny spot or particle5 letters
02Tiny spot5 letters

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