Flyspecking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of flyspeck form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From flyspeck + -ing.

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