<b><font size="4">"sprinkle"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [syn: <a href="../scattering.html">scattering</a>, <a href="../sprinkling.html">sprinkling</a>] </li> <li>the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" [syn: <a href="../sprinkling.html">sprinkling</a>, <a href="../sparge.html">sparge</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: <a href="../scatter.html">scatter</a>, <a href="../dot.html">dot</a>, <a href="../dust.html">dust</a>, <a href="../disperse.html">disperse</a>] </li> <li>cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" [syn: <a href="../splash.html">splash</a>, <a href="../splosh.html">splosh</a>] </li> <li>rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: <a href="../spit.html">spit</a>, <a href="../spatter.html">spatter</a>, <a href="../patter.html">patter</a>, <a href="../pitter-patter.html">pitter-patter</a>] </li> <li>scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn: <a href="../sparge.html">sparge</a>, <a href="../besprinkle.html">besprinkle</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../sprinkle.html">http://www.word.sc/sprinkle</a>

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