- to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled sugar on the cake.
- to disperse or distribute here and there.
- to overspread with drops or particles of water, powder, or the like: to sprinkle a lawn.
- to diversify or intersperse with objects scattered here and there.
- to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles.
- to be sprinkled.
- to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject): It may sprinkle this evening.
- the act or an instance of sprinkling.
- small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like.
- a light rain.
- a small quantity or number.
- a small party given to celebrate a mother-to-be or bride-to-be as an alternative to a larger bridal or baby shower: We decided to skip the big baby shower and just have a sprinkle this time.
- something used for sprinkling: a holy-water sprinkle.
- to scatter (liquid, powder, etc) in tiny particles or droplets over (something)
- to distribute over (something)
- to drizzle slightly
- the act or an instance of sprinkling or a quantity that is sprinkled
- a slight drizzle
