sprinkle

Nouns

(n) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby sprinkling, scattering,
(n) the act of sprinkling or splashing water
- baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
- a sparge of warm water over the malt
sparge, sprinkling,

Verbs

(v) distribute loosely
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
disperse, dot, scatter, dust,
(v) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- She splashed the water around her
splash, splosh,
(v) rain gently
- It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit,
(v) scatter with liquid; wet lightly
- Sprinkle the lawn
besprinkle, sparge,

Synonyms

sprinkling scattering disperse dot scatter dust sparge splash splosh patter pitter-patter spatter spit besprinkle

Words of close approximity

sprinkler sprinkler system sprinkles