Definitions for sprinkle
ˈsprɪŋ kəlsprin·kle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scattering, sprinkle, sprinklingnoun

   a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

2. sprinkle, sprinkling, spargeverb

   the act of sprinkling or splashing water

   "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"

3. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb

   distribute loosely

   "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

4. sprinkle, splash, sploshverb

   cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

   "She splashed the water around her"

5. sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patterverb

   rain gently

   "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

6. sprinkle, sparge, besprinkleverb

   scatter with liquid; wet lightly

   "Sprinkle the lawn"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sprinklenoun

   A light covering with a sprinkled substance.

   He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.

2. sprinklenoun

   A light rain shower.

3. sprinkleverb

   To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

   The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.

4. sprinkleverb

   To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.

   The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.

5. sprinkleverb

   To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.

   It sprinkled outside all day long.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Sprinkleverb

   Etymology: sprinkelen, Dutch.

   1. To scatter; to disperse in small masses.

   Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it towards the heaven. Ex. ix. 8.

   2. To scatter in drops.

   Sprinkle water of purifying upon them. Num. viii. 7.

   3. To besprinkle; to wash, wet, or dust by sprinkling.

   Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Heb.

   Wings he wore
   Of many a colour’d plume sprinkled with gold. John Milton.

   The prince, with living water sprinkl’d o’er
   His limbs and body; then approach’d the door,
   Possess’d the porch. John Dryden, Æn.

2. To Sprinkleverb

   To perform the act of scattering in small drops.

   The priest shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger. Lev. xiv.

   Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling, or effusion of water. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

   When dext’rous damsels twirl the sprinkling mop,
   And cleanse the spatter’d sash, and scrub the stairs,
   Know Saturday appears. John Gay, Trivia.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sprinkle

   Sprinkle typically refers to the act of scattering or distributing small particles or droplets of a substance over a surface, such as spices on food, water drops or light rain over an area, or glitter on a craft project. It can also be used to describe a light or irregular amount of something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sprinkleverb

   to scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc

2. Sprinkleverb

   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

3. Sprinkleverb

   to baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify

4. Sprinkleverb

   to scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles

5. Sprinkleverb

   to rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles

6. Sprinkleverb

   to fly or be scattered in small drops or particles

7. Sprinklenoun

   a small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling

8. Sprinklenoun

   a utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler

9. Etymology: [OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle, to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring, causative of springan to spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to sprinkle, G. sprengen. See Spring, v. i., and cf. Sprent.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SPRINKLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sprinkle is ranked #5549 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sprinkle surname appeared 6,265 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Sprinkle.
   
   90.8% or 5,694 total occurrences were White.
   5.2% or 326 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 99 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 97 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 29 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 20 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

How to pronounce sprinkle?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sprinkle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sprinkle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sprinkle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sprinkle in a Sentence

1. Nathan Erdmann:

   We all share concern about marginalized seniors with limited health care access and poorer overall health status, sprinkle a dangerous new pathology that's not well understood on top of that, and you have a recipe for greater disparities in care.

2. Abid Qaiyum Suleri:

   The government should introduce water-efficient seed varieties in water-stressed areas and train farmers on using drip irrigation and sprinkle irrigation to save the scarce resource.

3. Christopher Gardner:

   When it was a single heart-healthy nutrient, you could just inject that nutrient into food and claim it’s healthy food, which it wasn’t, or if there’s a superfood like chia seeds, you could take a really unhealthy food and sprinkle chia seeds on it and say, ‘Ah, I’m now protected.’ No, it needs to be part of an overall healthy pattern of foods.

4. Lee Mi-ji:

   I try to sprinkle cheese even on Korean food.

5. Katherine Zeratsky:

   If you really love the taste of salt, instead of cooking with it, sprinkle a little bit on your food before eating it, it gives that same salty taste without being buried in the food.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sprinkle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sprinkle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sprinkle
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprinkle
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sprinkle
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html