Etymology: (1350–1400; ME flekked spotted; akin to ON flekkr spot, streak, OHG flec, MLG, MD vlecken to soil)
Definition of 'fleck'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap a smallfragment of something broken off from the whole "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
2. (verb)spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation a small contrasting part of something "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
3. (verb)spot, fleck, blob, blot make a spot or mark onto "The wine spotted the tablecloth"