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specs

  [speks] ,
–plural noun Informal.
1. spectacles; eyeglasses.
2. specifications.
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Origin:
1800–10; by shortening

spec

  [spek] noun, adjective, verb, spec'd or specked or specced, spec'⋅ing or speck⋅ing or spec⋅cing.
–noun
1. Usually, specs. specification (def. 2).
2. speculation.
–adjective
3. built, done, bought, etc., as a speculation: the construction of spec houses.
–verb (used with object)
4. to provide specifications for: Their newest truck was spec'd by a computer.
—Idiom
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

Related forms:
spec’er, specker, noun
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spec   (spěk)   
n.  

  1. specs The specifications, as for a building to be constructed.

  2. Speculation.

tr.v.   spec'd or specced (spěkt), spec'ing or spec·cing (spěk'ĭng), specs
To write or supply specifications for.
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to specifications: a manufacturer's spec sheet.

  2. Done, constructed, produced, or purchased as a speculation: a spec job; a spec house.

spec''er n.
specs also specks   (spěks)   
pl.n.   Informal
Eyeglasses; spectacles.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
specs [spɛks]

  1. n.
    eyeglasses; spectacles. : I need specs to find where I left my specs.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: spec
Pronunciation: 'spek
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: specced or spec'd /'spekt/; spec·cing /'spe-ki[ng]/
: to write specifications for

Main Entry: specs
Function: noun plural
: SPECIFICATIONS
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
specs

  1. specifications

  2. spectacles (eyeglasses)

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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