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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sprin•kling /ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a small amount or number scattered here and there:There was a sprinkling of women in the audience.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sprin•kling (spring′kling),USA pronunciation n. - a small quantity or number scattered here and there.
- a small quantity sprinkled or to be sprinkled.
- late Middle English sprenclyng. See sprinkle, -ing1 1400–50
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sprinkle, touch, dash, hint.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sprinkling /ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ/ n - a small quantity or amount: a sprinkling of commonsense
sprin•kle /ˈsprɪŋkəl/USA pronunciation v., -kled, -kling, n. v. - to scatter in drops or particles: [~ + object]sprinkling water on the flowers.[no object* (~ + down)]The water sprinkled down on the flowers.
- to scatter drops or particles of water, powder, or the like on (something):[~ + object]to sprinkle a lawn.
- Meteorology to rain slightly in scattered drops:[no object* it + ~]It's sprinkling a little.
- to scatter or distribute (something) in different places or at various times:[~ + object]He sprinkled a few jokes into his speech.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of sprinkling.
- Meteorologya light rain.
sprin•kler, n. [countable]An automatic sprinkler comes on when there's a fire. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sprin•kle (spring′kəl),USA pronunciation v., -kled, -kling, n. v.t. - to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles:She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- 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.
v.i. - to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles.
- to be sprinkled.
- Meteorologyto rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject):It may sprinkle this evening.
n. - the act or an instance of sprinkling.
- something used for sprinkling.
- FoodUsually, sprinkles. small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like.
- Meteorologya light rain.
- a small quantity or number.
- 1350–1400; Middle English sprenklen (verb, verbal); cognate with Dutch sprenkelen, German sprenkeln; akin to Old English sprengan to sprinkle, make (something) spring, scatter, causative of springan to spring
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distribute, rain. Sprinkle, scatter, strew mean to fling, spread, or disperse. To sprinkle means to fling about small drops or particles:to sprinkle water on clothes, powder on plants.To scatter is to disperse or spread widely:to scatter seeds.To strew is to scatter, esp. in such a way as to cover or partially cover a surface:to strew flowers on a grave.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sprinkle /ˈsprɪŋkəl/ vb - to scatter (liquid, powder, etc) in tiny particles or droplets over (something)
- (transitive) to distribute over (something): the field was sprinkled with flowers
- (intransitive) to drizzle slightly
n - the act or an instance of sprinkling or a quantity that is sprinkled
- a slight drizzle
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Middle Dutch sprenkelen; related to Old English spearca spark1 |