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verb (used with object)
1.
to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
2.
to disperse or distribute here and there.
3.
to overspread with drops or particles of water, powder, or the like: to sprinkle a lawn.
4.
to diversify or intersperse with objects scattered here and there.
verb (used without object)
5.
to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles.
6.
to be sprinkled.
7.
to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject): It may sprinkle this evening.
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noun
8.
the act or an instance of sprinkling.
9.
something used for sprinkling.
10.
Usually, sprinkles. small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like.
11.
a light rain.
12.
a small quantity or number.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English sprenklen (v.); cognate with Dutch sprenkelen, German sprenkeln; akin to Old English sprengan to sprinkle, make (something) spring, scatter, causative of springan to spring
1350–1400; Middle English sprenklen (v.); cognate with Dutch sprenkelen, German sprenkeln; akin to Old English sprengan to sprinkle, make (something) spring, scatter, causative of springan to spring
Related forms
in·ter·sprin·kle, verb (used with object), -kled, -kling.
pre·sprin·kle, verb (used with object), -kled, -kling.
re·sprin·kle, verb, -kled, -kling.
un·sprin·kled, adjective
Synonyms
1. distribute, rain. Sprinkle, scatter, strew mean to fling, spread, or disperse. To sprinkle means to fling about small drops or particles: to sprinkle water on clothes, powder on plants. To scatter is to disperse or spread widely: to scatter seeds. To strew is to scatter, especially in such a way as to cover or partially cover a surface: to strew flowers on a grave.
1. distribute, rain. Sprinkle, scatter, strew mean to fling, spread, or disperse. To sprinkle means to fling about small drops or particles: to sprinkle water on clothes, powder on plants. To scatter is to disperse or spread widely: to scatter seeds. To strew is to scatter, especially in such a way as to cover or partially cover a surface: to strew flowers on a grave.
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Word Origin & History
sprinkle
1382 (implied in sprinkled), frequentative of sprenge (see spring (v.)) or via M.Du., M.L.G. sprenkel "spot, speck," from PIE base *(s)preg- "to jerk, scatter" (cf. L. spargere "to scatter, sprinkle"). The meaning "rain lightly" is first recorded 1778. Sprinkling "small amount"
EXPANDfirst recorded 1594. Sprinkler is attested from 1535.
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