speckle

Noun

• 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
    

Verb

• mark with small spots
  • speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots
    

• produce a mottled effect
  • The sunlight stippled the trees
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  spot , dapple , patch , fleck , maculation , bespeckle , stipple