Definition of dapples Dapples
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What does dapples mean?
Wiktionary 
- dapples (Noun)
Plural of dapple.
Part of speech
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| dapple - 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" | ||
| spot, speckle, patch, fleck, maculation | ||
| marking the act of making a visible mark on a surface | ||
| pinpoint, speck the sharp point of a pin | ||
| nebula (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea | ||
| splash the act of scattering water about haphazardly | ||
| worn spot, fret a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | ||
| plaque (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body | ||
| macule, macula a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases | ||
| mock sun, parhelion, sundog a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" | ||
| sunspot, macula a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field | ||
| facula a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots | ||
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| dapple - colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | ||
| mottle, cloud | ||
| spot mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify" | ||
| harlequin variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches" | ||
| speckle, stipple mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dapple (n.)
One of the spots on a dappled animal. - dapple (a.)
Alt. of Dappled - dapple (v. t.)
To variegate with spots; to spot.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dapple
dap′l, adj. marked with spots.—v.t. to variegate with spots.—adjs. Dapp′erly (Scot.), variegated; Dapp′le-bay, of bay colour, variegated with dapples; Dapp′led; Dapp′le-gray. [See Dimple.]
