sprinkle

/spɹˈɪŋkəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. distribute loosely
   “He scattered gun powder under the wagon”
2. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
   “She splashed the water around her”
3. rain gently
   “It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick”
4. scatter with liquid; wet lightly
   “Sprinkle the lawn”

noun

1. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
2. the act of sprinkling or splashing water
   “baptized with a sprinkling of holy water”

Synonyms for sprinkle

• scatter
• dot
• dust
• disperse
• splash
• splosh
• spit
• spatter
• patter
• pitter-patter
• sparge
• besprinkle
• scattering
• sprinkling

Words that rhyme with sprinkle

• wrinkle
• winkle
• twinkle
• tinkle
• bullwinkle
• bulwinkle
• dinkel
• finckle
• finkel
• finkle
• garfinkle
• hinkel
• hinkle
• kinkel
• kinkle
• krenwinkle
• minkel
• schinkel
• shinkle
• sprinkel
• trinkle
• vanwinkle
• winkel