fleck
verb/flek/
/flek/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fleck | /flek/ /flek/ |
| he / she / it flecks | /fleks/ /fleks/ |
| past simple flecked | /flekt/ /flekt/ |
| past participle flecked | /flekt/ /flekt/ |
| -ing form flecking | /ˈflekɪŋ/ /ˈflekɪŋ/ |
- to cover or mark something with small areas of a particular colour or with small pieces of something
- be flecked with something The fabric was red, flecked with gold.
- His hair was flecked with paint.
- fleck something (with something) Mud and rain flecked the car windows.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): perhaps from Old Norse flekkr (noun), flekka (verb), or from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch vlecke.
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