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