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

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