sprinkling

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

   the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

3. 3

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

4. 4

   a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

   the first scatterings of green

   a sprinkling of grey at his temples