flyspeck

Plural: flyspeck, flyspecks

Noun

• a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
• Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
• Anything tiny or insignificant.

Adjective Satellite

• very small
  • "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

Verb

Verb Forms: flyspecked, flyspecking, flyspecks

• To mark or dot with tiny spots, like those made by flies.
• To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
• To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.

Examples

• From the foothills below, Jean, Jan, and James were mere flyspecks, easily lost among the straggly pines that formed the treeline.
• He tried to flyspeck the board with tiny, low-scoring words, hoping to block his opponent.
• The wall of the kitchen above the fruitbowl was dotted with flyspeck.
• We passed through some flyspeck town, barely more than a gas station and a stoplight, but I never saw the name.

Synonyms

bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, ace, atom, aught, bag of shells, bagatelle, bissel, bit, bric-a-brac, crumb, dab, damn, dash, dicky, dicky-bird, diddly, dot, drop, dusting, fico, fig, fleck, flip, flyspeck, glimpse, glint, grain, halfpennyworth, hint, inch, iota, jot, lick, minuity, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, niff-naff, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, picayune, piece, pinch, scantling, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, scuddick, semblance, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, sop, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tittle, toddick, touch, toy, trace, trick, trifle, triviality, tuppence worth, whiff, whiffle, whit, white chip

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