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Word entry · 5 letters

speck

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"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
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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

01“Tiny spot or particle”5 letters
02“Tiny spot”5 letters

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