Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fleck
Participle: flecked
Gerund: flecking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fleck |
| you | fleck |
| he;she;it | flecks |
| we | fleck |
| you | fleck |
| they | fleck |
Perfect
| I | have flecked |
| you | have flecked |
| he;she;it | has flecked |
| we | have flecked |
| you | have flecked |
| they | have flecked |
Past
| I | flecked |
| you | flecked |
| he;she;it | flecked |
| we | flecked |
| you | flecked |
| they | flecked |
Pluperfect
| I | had flecked |
| you | had flecked |
| he;she;it | had flecked |
| we | had flecked |
| you | had flecked |
| they | had flecked |
Future
| I | will fleck |
| you | will fleck |
| he;she;it | will fleck |
| we | will fleck |
| you | will fleck |
| they | will fleck |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flecked |
| you | will have flecked |
| he;she;it | will have flecked |
| we | will have flecked |
| you | will have flecked |
| they | will have flecked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fleck |
| you | fleck |
| he;she;it | fleck |
| we | fleck |
| you | fleck |
| they | fleck |
Perfect
| I | have flecked |
| you | have flecked |
| he;she;it | have flecked |
| we | have flecked |
| you | have flecked |
| they | have flecked |
Imperfect
| I | flecked |
| you | flecked |
| he;she;it | flecked |
| we | flecked |
| you | flecked |
| they | flecked |
Pluperfect
| I | had flecked |
| you | had flecked |
| he;she;it | had flecked |
| we | had flecked |
| you | had flecked |
| they | had flecked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fleck |
| you | would fleck |
| he;she;it | would fleck |
| we | would fleck |
| you | would fleck |
| they | would fleck |
Perfect
| I | would have flecked |
| you | would have flecked |
| he;she;it | would have flecked |
| we | would have flecked |
| you | would have flecked |
| they | would have flecked |
Imperative
| you | fleck |
| we | Let's fleck |
| you | fleck |
Verbs conjugated like 'fleck'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fleck'
bleck,
cleck,
feck,
flack,
flick,
flock,
freck,
sleck,
beck,
befleck,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1430, from O.N. flekka "to spot," from P.Gmc. *flekk- (cf. M.Du. vlecke, O.H.G. flec, Ger. Fleck). The noun is first recorded 1598, probably from the verb.
2. From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.
Sample Sentences
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So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. [1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:]
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It was a perfect June day, with only a few light clouds flecking a pure blue sky. [1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 241:]
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The Names of the Moons of Mars is a frequently somber book, flecked through with optimism and humor. [1989 December 17, Nan Donald, “Broken Hearts, Messed Up Families, And New Beginnings”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 9:]