Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Tiny spot or particle”5 letters
02“Tiny spot”5 letters
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