spotted
adjective
[ ˈspɒtɪd ]
• marked or decorated with spots.
• "a red spotted handkerchief"
Similar:
mottled,
dappled,
dapple,
pied,
piebald,
brindled,
brindle,
speckled,
speckly,
flecked,
specked,
stippled,
splodgy,
splotchy,
macular,
maculate,
maculated,
foxed,
guttate,
polka-dot,
spotty,
dotted,
dotty,
spot
verb
• see, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for.
• "Andrew spotted the advert in the paper"
Similar:
notice,
see,
observe,
discern,
detect,
perceive,
make out,
pick out,
distinguish,
recognize,
identify,
locate,
catch sight of,
glimpse,
sight,
mark,
remark,
clock,
descry,
espy,
• mark or become marked with spots.
• "the velvet was spotted with stains"
Similar:
stain,
mark,
fleck,
speckle,
blotch,
mottle,
smudge,
streak,
splash,
spatter,
bespatter,
dirty,
soil,
splotch,
splosh,
splodge,
besmirch,
smirch,
• rain slightly.
• "it was still spotting with rain"
• place (a ball) on its designated starting point on a billiard table.
• give or lend (money) to (someone).
• "I'll spot you $300"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from Middle Dutch spotte . The sense ‘notice, recognize’ arose from the early 19th century slang use ‘note as a suspect or criminal’.
