speck

nouns

a very small spot

"the plane was just a speck in the sky"

pinpoint, speck

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck

a slight but appreciable amount

"this dish could use a touch of garlic"

hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch

produce specks in or on

"speck the cloth"

speck

is a type of (narrower)

make or leave a mark on

"the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"