stippled

Meanings

Verb

• engrave by means of dots and flicks
• make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
• apply (paint) in small dots or strokes
• produce a mottled effect
  • "The sunlight stippled the trees"
• simple past and past participle of stipple

Adjective Satellite

• having a pattern of dots

Synonyms

dotted, flecked, specked, speckle, speckled, stipple