The meaning of Spotty

adjective

Marked with or in the form of dots.

Usage examples:

A dotted background

verb

Mark with a small spot or spots.

Usage examples:

Wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt

Past simple and past participle of dot

adjective

Eccentric or slightly mad.

Usage examples:

A dotty old lady

adjective

Slightly strange or mentally ill

Usage examples:

A dotty old woman, jean's absolutely dotty about cats.

verb

Mark or dot with small patches of colour or particles of something.

Usage examples:

The minarets are flecked with gold leaf

noun

A very small patch of colour or light.

Usage examples:

His blue eyes had grey flecks in them

adjective

Having small marks or spots

Usage examples:

Flecked with it's a dark grey material but it's flecked with white.

adjective

(of the paper of old books or prints) discoloured with brown spots.

Usage examples:

Large foxed sheets

verb

Baffle or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

The abbreviation foxed me completely

verb

Past simple and past participle of fox

Usage examples:

This puzzle has well and truly foxed me!

adjective

Resembling drops or characterized by markings that resemble drops.

Usage examples:

Other papulosquamous disorders should be considered in the differential diagnosis, including guttat…

adjective

Relating to the macula of the eye.

Usage examples:

Macular degeneration

noun

A condition in which the macula (= the central area of the retina in the eye) changes, resulting in a loss of central vision. it usually affects old people

adjective

Spotted or stained.

Usage examples:

Stromatoporoids with maculate microstructure constituted the family stromatoporidae, whereas those …

verb

Mark with a spot or spots; stain.

Usage examples:

A dirty white t-shirt maculated with barbecue sauce

verb

Mark with a spot or spots; stain.

Usage examples:

A dirty white t-shirt maculated with barbecue sauce

adjective

Spotted or stained.

Usage examples:

Stromatoporoids with maculate microstructure constituted the family stromatoporidae, whereas those …

adjective

Marked with spots or smears of colour.

Usage examples:

A bird with mottled brown plumage

verb

Mark with spots or smears of colour.

Usage examples:

Green leaves that are heavily mottled with chocolate and maroon

adjective

Marked with areas of different colors in an irregular pattern

Usage examples:

Mottled skin

noun

One of many round spots that form a pattern on cloth

Usage examples:

A polka-dot bow tie

verb

Mark with small spots.

Usage examples:

Their skin was specked with goose pimples

noun

A tiny spot.

Usage examples:

The figure in the distance had become a mere speck

noun

A smoked ham of a type produced in north-eastern italy.

Usage examples:

Add the radicchio, thyme, speck, prosciutto, and chicken stock and cook for another eight to ten mi…

adjective

Covered or marked with a large number of small spots or patches of colour.

Usage examples:

A large speckled brown egg

verb

Mark with a large number of small spots or patches of colour.

Usage examples:

Gulls whirled round the masts, speckling the docks with guano

adjective

Having very small marks of a different color from the surface on which they are found

Usage examples:

We saw some speckled goose eggs.

adjective

Covered or marked with small spots or patches of colour.

Usage examples:

The eggs are large and brown and speckly

adjective

Marked or decorated with spots.

Usage examples:

A red spotted handkerchief

verb

See, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for.

Usage examples:

Andrew spotted the advert in the paper

verb

(in drawing, painting, and engraving) mark (a surface) with numerous small dots or specks.

Usage examples:

To finish, stipple the picture with the original base colour

noun

The process or technique of stippling a surface, or the effect so created.

Usage examples:

These pictures combine his favourite techniques—wash, line, and stipple

adjective

Drawn, painted, or coloured using small spots or marks

Usage examples:

The divers saw tropical fish stippled in gold and black.