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SPECKED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does specked mean?
• SPECKED (adjective)
The adjective SPECKED has 1 sense:
1. having a pattern of dots
Familiarity information: SPECKED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a pattern of dots
Synonyms:
dotted; flecked; specked; speckled; stippled
Similar:
patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))
Context examples
A few fishing vessels alone specked the water, and now and then the gentle breeze wafted the sound of voices as the fishermen called to one another.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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