Associations to the word «Speckle»

Wiktionary

SPECKLE, noun. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
SPECKLE, noun. (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
SPECKLE, verb. To mark with speckles.

Dictionary definition

SPECKLE, 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".
SPECKLE, verb. Produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees".
SPECKLE, verb. Mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats