Associations to the word «Fleck»

Wiktionary

FLECK, noun. A flake
FLECK, noun. A lock, as of wool.
FLECK, noun. A small spot or streak; a speckle.
FLECK, verb. (transitive) To mark with small spots
FLECK, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

FLECK, noun. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye".
FLECK, noun. A small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red".
FLECK, verb. Make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope