Flyspeck

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), n.
     A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any
     insignificant dot.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), v. t.
     To soil with flyspecks.
     [1913 Webster] flyswat

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flyspeck
       adj : very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
             drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
             flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
             [syn: {bantam}, {diminutive}, {lilliputian}, {midget},
             {petite}, {tiny}]
       n : a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "flyspeck":
     ace, atom, bespeckle, bespot, bit, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur,
     brand, crumb, dab, daub, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop,
     droplet, dwarf, eyesore, farthing, fleck, flick, fragment, freckle,
     gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, iota, jot,
     little, little bit, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, mark,
     microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minimum, minutia, minutiae,
     mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, patch,
     pebble, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, scrap, scruple,
     smear, smidgen, smirch, smitch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, snip,
     snippet, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch,
     spoonful, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, thimbleful,
     tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, vanishing point, whit