speck > define

noun

• A very small spot.
  • usage: "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
  • synonyms: pinpoint
• Nontechnical usage. ( a tiny piece of anything)
  • synonyms: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote
• A slight but appreciable amount.
  • usage: "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
  • synonyms: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, soupcon

verb

• Produce specks in or on.
  • usage: "speck the cloth"

• (v.t.) To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture.
• (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
• (n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.
• (n.) The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.
• (n.) A small discolored place in or on anything or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.