sprinkle

noun

  1. 1

    the act of sprinkling or splashing water

    baptized with a sprinkling of holy water

    a sparge of warm water over the malt

  2. 2

    a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

verb

  1. 1

    scatter with liquid; wet lightly

    Sprinkle the lawn

  2. 2

    cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

    She splashed the water around her

  3. 3

    distribute loosely

    He scattered gun powder under the wagon

  4. 4

    rain gently

    It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick

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