1. The act of sprinkling or splashing water
   "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water";
   - sprinkle, sparge
    
2. A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
   "A sprinkling of rain refreshed the garden";
   - scattering, sprinkle
    
3. A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
   "a sprinkling of grey at his temples";
   - scattering
    
4. The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
   "Some denominations prefer sprinkling to full immersion baptism";
   - aspersion

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

Derived forms: sprinklings

Type of: baptism, discharge, rain, rain down, rain shower, shower, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, watering, wet

Encyclopedia: Sprinkling