sprinkler

[spring-kler]

sprin·kler

[spring-kler]
noun
1.
any of various devices for sprinkling, as a watering pot, a container of water with a perforated top used to sprinkle clothes before ironing, or especially a perforated ring or small stand with a revolving nozzle to which a hose is attached for watering a lawn with a fine, even spray.
2.
a person who sprinkles.
verb (used with object)
3.
to provide (a warehouse, school, office building, etc.) with a sprinkler system.

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to run away hurriedly; flee.
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Origin:
1525–35; sprinkle + -er1
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sprinkler (ˈsprɪŋklə)
 
n
1.  a device perforated with small holes that is attached to a garden hose or watering can and used to spray plants, lawns, etc, with water
2.  a person or thing that sprinkles
3.  See sprinkler system

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