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Definition of Sprinkle
1. Noun. A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby.
2. Verb. Distribute loosely. "They sprinkle sugar over the cake"; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
Specialized synonyms: Spray, Spray, Plash, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Splosh, Swash, Splash, Splosh, Bespangle, Aerosolise, Aerosolize
Generic synonyms: Discharge
Derivative terms: Dispersive, Dust, Scatter, Scatter, Sprinkling
3. Noun. The act of sprinkling or splashing water. "A sparge of warm water over the malt"
4. Verb. Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force. "She splashed the water around her"
Specialized synonyms: Salt, Drizzle, Moisten
Generic synonyms: Disperse, Dot, Dust, Scatter
Derivative terms: Splash, Splash, Splash, Splashing, Sprinkler
5. Verb. Rain gently. "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
Generic synonyms: Rain, Rain Down
Derivative terms: Sprinkling
6. Verb. Scatter with liquid; wet lightly. "They sprinkle the bread with melted butter"; "Sprinkle the lawn"
Definition of Sprinkle
1. v. t. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
2. v. i. To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.
3. n. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
Definition of Sprinkle
1. Verb. (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically. ¹
4. Noun. A light covering with a sprinkled substance. ¹
5. Noun. A light rain shower. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprinkle
1. to scatter drops or particles on [v -KLED, -KLING, -KLES]
Medical Definition of Sprinkle
1. 1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc. 2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand. 3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. "Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience." (Heb. X. 22) Origin: OE. Sprenkelen, freq. Of sprengen to sprinkle, to scatter, AS. Sprengan, properly, to make to spring, causative of springan to spring; akin to D. Sprenkelen to sprinkle, G. Sprengen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprinkle
Literary usage of Sprinkle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"Thou shalt sprinkle the left shoulder; then the Drug Nasu rushes upon the right
... Thou shalt sprinkle the sexual parts. If the unclean one be a man, ..."
2. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"4: 6. and sprinkle of the blood seven times 17.his linger (in some) of the blood,
... And he shall sprinkle of the blood 14: 7. And he shall sprinkle upon ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... let fall a few drops, drip, drop; sprinkle; ... johonkin) sprinkle over, (be)
sprinkle, spatter (I. spray) on (1. over); vrt. ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... be spraying; sprinkle, spray; be spattered, spatter [on a p., Jonkun paille:
In (to) one's face, jonkun kasvoille], be spattering; ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"Action by Nancy Elvira sprinkle, by WR sprinkle, her guardian, against JM Wellborn
and ... This action was brought by the plaintiff, Nancy Elvira sprinkle, ..."
6. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... sprinkle (1. spit 1. spurt) of rain, ... let fall a few drops, drip, drop;
sprinkle; ... be spraying; sprinkle, spray; be spattered, spatter [on a p., ..."
7. Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880 by Thomas Johnson Michie, Thomas Jefferson, Peachy Ridgway Grattan (1901)
"sprinkle & ALS. v. HAYWORTH & ALS. executed seventeen or eighteen years before •
It was his deliberate and cherished purpose to make it as he did; ..."
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