speck
/spɛk/ noun C2- Fat; lard; fat meat.
- A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
- The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
- The fat of the hippopotamus.
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The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli’s escort whirled along.
You needn’t worry a speck more about it, Matthew.
The world of finance dwindled suddenly to a speck.
When Franz appeared again on the shore, the yacht only seemed like a small white speck on the horizon.
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