sprinkle
noun
- 1
the act of sprinkling or splashing water
baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
a sparge of warm water over the malt
- 2
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
verb
- 1
scatter with liquid; wet lightly
Sprinkle the lawn
- 2
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
She splashed the water around her
- 3
distribute loosely
He scattered gun powder under the wagon
- 4
rain gently
It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
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