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[spek] noun, adjective, verb, spec'd or specked or specced, spec'·ing or speck·ing or spec·cing. adjective
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built, done, bought, etc., as a speculation: the construction of spec houses.
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Specked
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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verb (used with object)
Idiom4.
to provide specifications for: Their newest truck was spec'd by a computer.
5.
on spec, made, built, or done with hopes of but no assurance of payment or a sale; without commitment by a client or buyer: ad illustrations done on spec; luxury homes built on spec and sold before completion.
Origin:
1785–95, Americanism; by shortening
1785–95, Americanism; by shortening
Related forms
spec·’er, speck·er, noun
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noun
1.
a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
2.
a very little bit or particle: We haven't a speck of sugar.
3.
something appearing small by comparison or by reason of distance: By then the town was just a speck.
verb (used with object)
4.
to mark with, or as with, a speck or specks.
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Word Origin & History
speck
O.E. specca "small spot, stain," of unknown origin; probably related to Du. speckel "speck, speckle," M.Du. spekelen "to sprinkle." Meaning "tiny bit" developed c.1400.
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