1. Distribute loosely
   - scatter, dot, dust, disperse 
2. Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
   - splash, splosh 
3. Rain gently
   "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
   - spit [Brit], spatter, patter, pitter-patter 
4. Scatter with liquid; wet lightly
   "Sprinkle the lawn"
   - sparge, besprinkle

1. A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
   - scattering, sprinkling 
2. The act of sprinkling or splashing water
   - sprinkling, sparge

Derived forms: sprinkled, sprinkles, sprinkling

See also: sprinkler, sprinkling

Type of: discharge, rain, rain down, rain shower, shower, watering, wet

Encyclopedia: Sprinkle

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