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stipple - Dictionary definition and meaning for stipple

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

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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

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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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