LekhoriLekhoriTo 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.
To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
It sprinkled outside all day long.
A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
A surname.
From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to sprink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”), German Low German sprenkeln (...
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A light rain shower.
An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.