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1. Distribute loosely
   "He sprinkled gun powder under the wagon";
   - scatter, dot, dust, disperse
    
2. Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
   "She sprinkled the water around her";
   - splash, splosh [informal]
    
3. Rain gently
   "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick";
   - spit [Brit], spatter, patter, pitter-patter
    
4. Scatter with liquid; wet lightly
   "Sprinkle the lawn";
   - sparge, besprinkle

1. A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
   - scattering, sprinkling
    
2. The act of sprinkling or splashing water
   "baptized with a sprinkle of holy water";
   - sprinkling, sparge

Derived forms: sprinkles, sprinkling, sprinkled

Type of: discharge, rain, rain down, rain shower, shower, watering, wet

Encyclopedia: Sprinkle, Michael