flecking
/ˈflɛkɪŋ/
flecking is the present participle and gerund of fleck.
Meaning of fleck
Verb
fleck (third-person singular simple present flecks, present participle flecking, simple past and past participle flecked)
- To mark (something) with small spots.
- So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- fleak
Noun
flecking (plural fleckings)
- A flecked pattern.
- Hind wings crossed by four parallel, nearly straight series of slender interrupted fleckings, subparallel to the outer margin […]1889, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada
Forms of flecking
| plural | fleckings |
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Words that rhyme with flecking
Questions about flecking
- What does flecking mean?
- Flecking means a flecked pattern.
- What is flecking the present participle and gerund of?
- Flecking is the present participle and gerund of fleck.
- What part of speech is flecking?
- Flecking is a noun.
- How do you pronounce flecking?
- Flecking is pronounced /ˈflɛkɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of flecking?
- The plural of flecking is fleckings.
Words near flecking in the dictionary
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