Dictionary Definition
sprinkle
Noun
1 a light shower that falls in some locations and
not others nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkling]
2 the act of sprinkling or splashing water;
"baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water
over the malt" [syn: sprinkling, sparge]
Verb
2 cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially
with force; "She splashed the water around her" [syn: splash, splosh]
3 rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the
roads are slick" [syn: spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter]
4 scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the
lawn" [syn: sparge,
besprinkle]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Verb
- To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or
small pieces (for a solid substance).
- The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
- To cover (an object)
by sprinkling a substance on to it.
- The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
- To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
- It sprinkled outside all day long.
Translations
to cause to fall in fine drops
- Finnish: sirotella, pirskottaa
to cover an object
- Czech: posypat (solid substance)
- Finnish: sirotella, pirskottaa
Noun
sprinkle (plural: sprinkles)- A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
- He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
- A light rain shower.
Synonyms
- (light covering with a sprinkled substance): sprinkling
Translations
A light covering with a sprinkled substance
- Finnish: sirote
A light rain shower
- Finnish: tihkusade
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Sprinkle may be:
People
- Aaron Sprinkle (born c. 1970s), American musician & producer
- Annie Sprinkle (born 1954), American actor & educator
- Ed Sprinkle (born 1923), American football player
- Jesse Sprinkle, American musician
- R. Leo Sprinkle (born 1930), American psychologist
Other uses of "sprinkle"
- Sprinkle, a method of baptism, particularly used for infant baptism.
- Sprinkle Spangles, decorated breakfast cereal
- Sprinkles, decorative candy
- Micronutrient Sprinkles, individual-dose nutritional supplement
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Scotch mist, asperge, asperse, band, baptize, bar, bedew, bespangle, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, blood rain,
blotch, bread, check, checker, christen, crumb, dabble, damp, dampen, dapple, dash, dew, dip, dot, douche, dredge, drizzle, drum, dust, evening mist, fall, flake, fleck, flour, flurry, foam, freckle, froth, gout of rain, harlequin, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, immerse, iris, irrigate, maculate, marble, marbleize, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisten, moisture, motley, mottle, paddle, patter, pelt, pepper, pimple, pitter-patter, plash, polychrome, polychromize, pour, pour with rain, powder, precipitate, precipitation, rain, rain tadpoles, rainbow, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, scatter, shake, sheet of rain, shower, shower down, slobber, slop, slosh, spangle, sparge, spatter, speck, speckle, spindrift, spit, splash, splatter, splotch, sponge, spot, spray, spume, stigmatize, stipple, streak, stream, strew, striate, stripe, stud, swash, syringe, tattoo, tessellate, unfrozen
hydrometeor, variegate, vein, water, weep, wet, wet
down