fleck Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
    bit; chip; flake; scrap.
    • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
  2. noun a small contrasting part of something
    speckle; spot; patch; maculation; dapple.
    • a bald spot
    • a leopard's spots
    • a patch of clouds
    • patches of thin ice
    • a fleck of red
  3. verb make a spot or mark onto
    blot; spot; blob.
    • The wine spotted the tablecloth

WordNet

Fleck noun
Definitions
  1. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. Obs. J. Martin.
Fleck noun
Etymology
Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.
Definitions
  1. A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow.
    Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.
Fleck transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fläcka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See Fleck, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Flecked ; present participle & verbal noun Flecking
Definitions
  1. To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
    Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden.
    A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench.

Webster 1913