Dotting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dotted pattern; a speckling.

    "There was little to be done about the stubborn dottings of mold on the basement wall (she blamed the aluminum siding, after all these years, which kept the house from breathing) or in a patch on the blue bathroom lino behind the toilet."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dot form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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ditpointpointspeckstippletittle

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""Drawing dragons and dotting in the eyes" is a fable."

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