Sprinkling - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ|
noun
- a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly (syn: scattering)
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) (syn: aspersion)
- the act of sprinkling or splashing water (syn: sparge, sprinkle)
a sprinkling of grey at his temples
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby (syn: scattering, sprinkle)- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) (syn: aspersion)
- the act of sprinkling or splashing water (syn: sparge, sprinkle)
baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
Extra examples
...a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport...
...just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program...
The hilltops were covered with a sprinkling of snow.
Add a teaspoon of salt, and a sprinkling of milled pepper.
“Is it raining?” “It's just sprinkling a little.”
Word forms
noun
singular: sprinkling
plural: sprinklings
singular: sprinkling
plural: sprinklings
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