Definition of "freckle"

freckle

/ˈfɹɛkəl/

noun
plural freckles
1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
  Quotations
  The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep, / The wind whispered, "Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!" / And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace, / Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face.
  c. 1920s-1930s, Charlotte Druitt Cole, Runaway Jane
  Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
  1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, page 171
2. Any small spot or discoloration.
3. (Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
4. (Australia, slang) The anus.
verb
third-person singular simple present freckles, present participle freckling, simple past and past participle freckled
1. (transitive) To cover with freckles.
2. (intransitive) To become covered with freckles.