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noun
1.
a small quantity or number scattered here and there.
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Sprinkling
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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.
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), 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
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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