Definition of sprinkle Sprinkle

/spɹɪˈŋkʌl/ - [springkul] - sprin•kle

We found 22 definitions of sprinkle from 6 different sources.

What does sprinkle mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: sprinkles
sprinkle - the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"
		sprinkling, sparge
		watering wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
sprinkle - a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
		scattering, sprinkling
		rain shower, shower washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game"
Verb sprinkles, sprinkling, sprinkled
sprinkle - cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"
		splash, splosh
		dot, dust, sprinkle, disperse, scatter mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
		salt preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"
		drizzle, moisten moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter"
sprinkle - scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"
		sparge, besprinkle
		wet make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
sprinkle - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
		spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
		rain, rain down precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
sprinkle - distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
		scatter, dot, dust, disperse
		discharge release from military service
		spray scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
		spray scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
		plash, splatter, spatter, splosh, swash, splash dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
		splosh, sprinkle, splash scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"
		bespangle dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects
		aerosolise, aerosolize disperse as an aerosol; "The bacteria suspension was aerosolized"

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Wiktionary

sprinkle (Noun)
A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
sprinkle (Noun)
A light rain shower.
sprinkle (Verb)
To cause a substance to fall in fine drops for a liquid substance or small pieces for a solid substance.
sprinkle (Verb)
To cover an object by sprinkling a substance on to it.
sprinkle (Verb)
To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

sprinkle (v. i.)
To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
sprinkle (v. i.)
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.
sprinkle (v. i.)
To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
sprinkle (v. i.)
To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.
sprinkle (v. i.)
To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.
sprinkle (v. i.)
To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
sprinkle (n.)
A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
sprinkle (n.)
A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

sprinkle
To cover something with powder

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

sprinkle
spring′kl, v.t. to scatter in small drops or particles: to scatter on: to baptise with a few drops of water: to purify.—v.i. to scatter in drops.—n. an aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.—ns. Sprin′kle, Sprin′kling, a small quantity sprinkled: in book-binding, the mottling of the edges of trimmed leaves by scattering a few drops of colour on them; Sprin′kler. [Freq. formed from A.S. sprengan, the causal of springan, to spring; cf. Ger. sprenkeln.]