Verb: sprinkle spring-kul
- Scatter with liquid; wet lightly
"Sprinkle the lawn";
- sparge, besprinkle
- Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
"She sprinkled the water around her";
- splash, splosh [informal]
- Distribute loosely
"He sprinkled gun powder under the wagon";
- scatter, dot, dust, disperse
- Rain gently
"It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick";
- spit [Brit], spatter, patter, pitter-patter
- The act of sprinkling or splashing water
"baptized with a sprinkle of holy water";
- sprinkling, sparge
- A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
"A sprinkle of rain refreshed the garden";
- scattering, sprinkling
Derived forms: sprinkling, sprinkles, sprinkled
Type of: discharge, rain, rain down, rain shower, shower, watering, wet
Encyclopedia: Sprinkle, Michael