sprinkle
to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled sugar on the cake.
to disperse or distribute here and there.
to overspread with drops or particles of water, powder, or the like: to sprinkle a lawn.
to diversify or intersperse with objects scattered here and there.
to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles.
to be sprinkled.
to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject): It may sprinkle this evening.
the act or an instance of sprinkling.
Usually sprinkles. small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like.
a light rain.
a small quantity or number.
a small party given to celebrate a mother-to-be or bride-to-be as an alternative to a larger bridal or baby shower: We decided to skip the big baby shower and just have a sprinkle this time.
Archaic. something used for sprinkling: a holy-water sprinkle.
Origin of sprinkle
1synonym study For sprinkle
Other words for sprinkle
Other words from sprinkle
- in·ter·sprin·kle, verb (used with object), in·ter·sprin·kled, in·ter·sprin·kling.
- pre·sprin·kle, verb (used with object), pre·sprin·kled, pre·sprin·kling.
- re·sprin·kle, verb, re·sprin·kled, re·sprin·kling.
- un·sprin·kled, adjective
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How to use sprinkle in a sentence
Brilliant electric lights illuminated dust-deep, unpaved, unsprinkled streets.
Ross Grant Tenderfoot | John Garland
British Dictionary definitions for sprinkle
/ (ˈsprɪŋkəl) /
to scatter (liquid, powder, etc) in tiny particles or droplets over (something)
(tr) to distribute over (something): the field was sprinkled with flowers
(intr) to drizzle slightly
the act or an instance of sprinkling or a quantity that is sprinkled
a slight drizzle
Origin of sprinkle
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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