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verb

as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface

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Recent Examples of fleck
Noun
The gloss comes in six sheer shades, ranging from clear to a purple hue, and four of them include shimmery flecks that’ll catch the light to make your lips look even juicier. Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 4 June 2025 In any case, there are sure to be at least a few flecks of moss or lichen, gray or gray-green, on that side. Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
Verb
It was flecked with the nuts of the region—black walnuts, pecans, or English walnuts. Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 26 July 2025 Wraps were—in marketing, if not always in reality—lower-calorie and lower-carb than normal sandwiches, all that pillowy, delicious bread having been replaced with a utilitarian tortilla forgery that tasted and looked virtuous, especially when it was flecked with spinach or tomato. Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fleck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleck
Noun
  • The cold gave us the sense of being a tiny little speck in this big city, and then of going through a door into a warm space with twelve other musicians.
    Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The waterfront spread near the northern Indiana town of Culver is listed for a speck under $20 million with Andrea Kelly of Encore Sotheby’s International Realty.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the bathroom, your skin isn't the only thing that shed particles that turn into dust.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It’s assumed that there are more relationships, and deeper (mathematical) connections, between the particles that are known to exist in the Universe.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After years of the NBA largely being split between linear TV networks ABC, ESPN and TNT (with some NBA TV sprinkled in), the new rights deal will be far more streaming-centric.
    John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Raisins are also super easy to sprinkle on yogurt, cereal, and salads, and can find their way into baked goods and even savory dinner dishes like pasta.
    Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ariana Grande Makes a Last-Minute Entrance Ariana Grande — who was channeling Audrey Hepburn in a black custom Fendi dress covered in white polka-dots — arrived moments before the MTV VMAs started airing live.
    Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Others say the dot of dark red grease that floats on top of a bowl of this gravy resembles an eye, a bit like a swirling hurricane eye.
    Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Subtle bits of faux wheat give it additional texture, and there’s an attached loop in the back for easy hanging.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There’s trouble in paradise in this surprisingly profound soccer comedy, which takes an episode from 2002 that passed most of the world by but left the Republic of Ireland in bits, so much so that it was even compared (elsewhere, obviously) to the death of Princess Diana.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Any home cleaning product can cause staining and shrinking.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Address any spills in your sink right away to reduce the opportunity for staining.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The baby was purple-gray-colored, in blotches; wet, smeared in blood and what looked like whitish wax.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • The mixer's bowl boasts a distinctive walnut shade and wood grain pattern, and its food-safe seal means the bowl works hard (and looks good doing it).
    Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Our tester found that the technology along with the small grain size made the litter generally easier to scoop than others she’s tried.
    Kayla Blanton, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Fleck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleck. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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