as in dotted
marked with spots
a specked hound
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as in sprinkled
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specked
Adjective
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As each participant started getting comfortable with the machine sewing a maze on paper, going around dotted lines, both mother and daughter got into the flow.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026 -
Pink is then used for the leather mustache and an insole with a dotted spiral pattern.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Serve drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with parsley.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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It can be sprinkled directly onto the ice to melt it, similar to the way rock salt works.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Rounds of roasted purple sweet potatoes arrive mounded with a mixture of salsa macha and butter, and liberally flecked with chives.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Outside, a man wearing a leather biker vest bearing the insignia of the Latin American Motorcycle Association, his blond beard flecked with ice crystals, directed a line of cars through the snow.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Gooday explained that red hone is blue hone that has been stained by iron materials.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Classic raised garden beds made of wood and stained to protect them from the elements are a good way to pack a lot of plants into a small space.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This Scottish name means speckled or freckled and has become way more commonly used than its original spelling—Brice—over the decades.—
Anna Earl,
Parents,
8 Feb. 2026
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Last weekend, more than 400 shacks speckled the frozen bay, Bloedorn recalled, as ice anglers flocked to the Upper Peninsula to take advantage of perfect ice conditions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The dramatic fading of this star, located around 3,200 light-years away in the Monoceros constellation, was first spotted at the end of 2024.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Simply being spotted around somebody discarding garbage on the ground can lead to a littering citation regardless of guilt.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Specked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specked. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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