flecked; flecking; flecks
2
: to color as if by sprinkling with flecks
His wit is flecked with sarcasm.—
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Verb
She flecked the canvas with blue paint.
to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface
Noun
a brown cloth with flecks of yellow
The police found flecks of blood on his clothes.
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James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 2 Mar. 2026
With toasted pastry flecks in a buttercream, chocolate ganache, and real pastry cream, this recipe does the pastry justice.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
Each piece was the size of a grain of sand ‒ a lustrous grain of sand that's almost twice as heavy as a similarly sized fleck of lead.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Locked in a safe on her desk at Boston University’s Institute for Astrophysical Research is a shard of meteorite flecked with material older than the sun.
—James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 2 Mar. 2026
With toasted pastry flecks in a buttercream, chocolate ganache, and real pastry cream, this recipe does the pastry justice.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
Although other pests cause similar damage, thrips damage is often associate with numerous small flecks of dark green to black fecal matter.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
Each piece was the size of a grain of sand ‒ a lustrous grain of sand that's almost twice as heavy as a similarly sized fleck of lead.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Fleck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fleck. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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