STIPPLE

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

Mnemonics for stipple

(Tag: ) staple means to punch holes. stipple means to put dots.
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(Tag: eng) [do not intend to hurt, but this is how i remeberd, see if it helps you too] rhymes with nipple...which itself can be considered dot over boob.And painting a boob....hence paint or draw with dots
added by rockystar Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) stipple - to paint with the tip of the brush , to make strips/stripes or strokes
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(Tag: ) staple = stipple; same means to make a dot point.
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