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Speck vs. Spot

Speck and Spot Definitions

Speck

A small spot, mark, or discoloration.

Spot

A mark on a surface differing sharply in color from its surroundings.

Speck

A tiny amount; a bit
Not a speck of truth in her story.

Spot

A blemish, mark, or pimple on the skin.

Speck

To mark with specks.

Spot

A stain or blot.
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Speck

A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
A tiny speck of soot

Spot

A mark or pip on a playing card; a spade, club, diamond, or heart.

Speck

A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
He has not a speck of money.
Not a speck of truth in her story

Spot

A playing card with a specified number of such marks on it indicating its value.

Speck

A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.

Spot

(Informal) A piece of paper money worth a specified number of dollars
A five spot.
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Speck

Fat; lard; fat meat.

Spot

A small area
A bald spot.
An itchy spot.

Speck

(uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.

Spot

A location or position
A good spot for catching fish.

Speck

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.

Spot

A point of interest
There are a lot of spots to visit in the old city.
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Speck

The fat of the hippopotamus.

Spot

A position or an item in an ordered arrangement
The first spot in line.

Speck

(transitive) To mark with specks; to speckle.
Paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture

Spot

(Football) The position of the ball for the line of scrimmage as determined by a referee after a play.

Speck

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

Spot

(Informal) A situation, especially a troublesome one.

Speck

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.

Spot

A flaw in one's reputation or character
A dark spot in his past.

Speck

A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.
Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean.

Spot

A short presentation or commercial on television or radio between major programs
A news spot.

Speck

A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmæa) common in the Eastern United States.

Spot

(Informal) A spotlight.

Speck

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.
Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold.

Spot

Pl. spot or spots A small croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus) of North American Atlantic waters, having a dark mark above each pectoral fin and valued as a food and game fish.

Speck

A very small spot;
The plane was just a speck in the sky

Spot

Chiefly British A small amount; a bit
A spot of tea.

Speck

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

Spot

To soil with spots
Soot spotted the curtains.

Speck

A slight but appreciable addition;
This dish could use a touch of garlic

Spot

To decorate with spots; dot.

Speck

Produce specks in or on;
Speck the cloth

Spot

To bring disgrace to; besmirch
Rumors that spotted his reputation.

Spot

To place in a particular location; situate precisely
Spotted their stores in smaller towns.

Spot

(Football) To position (the ball) determining the line of scrimmage after a play has been completed.

Spot

To detect or discern, especially visually; spy
Spotted him on the subway.

Spot

To remove spots from, as in a laundry.

Spot

(Sports) To yield a favorable scoring margin to
Spotted their opponents 11 points.

Spot

(Sports) To act as a spotter for (a gymnast, for example).

Spot

(Informal) To lend
Can you spot me $25 until payday?.

Spot

To become marked with spots
These dishes spot easily.

Spot

To cause a discoloration or make a stain.

Spot

To locate targets from the air during combat or training missions.

Spot

Made, paid, or delivered immediately
A spot sale.

Spot

Of, relating to, or being a market in which payment or delivery is immediate
The spot market in oil.

Spot

Involving random or selective instances or actions
A spot investigation.

Spot

Presented between major radio or television programs
A spot announcement.

Spot

A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
Why do ladybugs have spots?

Spot

A stain or disfiguring mark.
I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.

Spot

A pimple, papule or pustule.
That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.
I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.

Spot

A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?

Spot

A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.

Spot

A location or area.
I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.
For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.

Spot

A parking space.

Spot

(sports) An official determination of placement.
The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.

Spot

A bright lamp; a spotlight.

Spot

A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?

Spot

A difficult situation.
She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.

Spot

One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.

Spot

(soccer) Penalty spot.

Spot

The act of spotting or noticing something.
You've misspelled "terrapin" here. —Whoops. Good spot.

Spot

A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.

Spot

A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.

Spot

The southern redfish, or novern=1 (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.

Spot

Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

Spot

An autosoliton.

Spot

(finance) A decimal point; point.

Spot

Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.

Spot

Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

Spot

(transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.

Spot

(finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.

Spot

(ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
A garment spotted with mould

Spot

To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.

Spot

To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.

Spot

To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.

Spot

(dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.

Spot

To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.

Spot

To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

Spot

To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot.

Spot

To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.

Spot

To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.

Spot

Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
Spot wheat
Spot cash
A spot contract

Spot

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
Out, damned spot! Out, I say!

Spot

A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot.

Spot

A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.

Spot

A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
That spot to which I point is Paradise.
"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."

Spot

A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

Spot

A sciænoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.

Spot

Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

Spot

To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.

Spot

To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.

Spot

To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
If ever I shall close these eyes but once,May I live spotted for my perjury.

Spot

To become stained with spots.

Spot

Lit., being on the spot, or place;

Spot

A point located with respect to surface features of some region;
This is a nice place for a picnic

Spot

A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising

Spot

A blemish made by dirt;
He had a smudge on his cheek

Spot

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

Spot

A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance;
They changed his spot on the program

Spot

An outstanding characteristic;
His acting was one of the high points of the movie

Spot

A business establishment for entertainment;
Night spot

Spot

A job in an organization;
He occupied a post in the treasury

Spot

A slight attack of illness;
He has a touch of rheumatism

Spot

A small quantity;
A spot of tea
A bit of paper

Spot

A mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

Spot

A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer

Spot

A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value;
An eight spot

Spot

An act that brings discredit to the person who does it;
He made a huge blot on his copybook

Spot

Catch sight of

Spot

Mar or impair with a flaw;
Her face was blemished

Spot

Make a spot or mark onto;
The wine spotted the tablecloth

Spot

Become spotted;
This dress spots quickly

Spot

Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition;
Spot the areas that one should clearly identify

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