· 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"
Synonym(s): spot, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
Hypernym(s): marking
· produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
Synonym(s): stipple
Hypernym(s): mottle, dapple, cloud
· mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"
Synonym(s): bespeckle
Hypernym(s): spot, fleck, blob, blot