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US
/ˈspɹɪŋkəɫɪŋ, ˈspɹɪŋkɫɪŋ/
]
[ UK /spɹˈɪŋklɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /spɹˈɪŋklɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
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the act of sprinkling or splashing water
a sparge of warm water over the malt
baptized with a sprinkling of holy water -
a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
a sprinkling of grey at his temples
the first scatterings of green
How To Use sprinkling In A Sentence
- Serve with a sprinkling or raisins or chopped dried apricots. The Sun
- Then you dip it in batter and deep fry it before sprinkling icing sugar on top. The Sun
- The bachelors and male coquets of the Tahitians and French, with a sprinkling of all the foreigners in Papeete, the officers and crews of the war-ship Zélée and sailing vessels, smoked and endeavored to segregate vahines who appealed to them. Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
- To get some stars and stripes in, a sprinkling of stars appeared on ankle boots or on chiffon dresses that added a Nineties grungy feel. Times, Sunday Times
- In his act the pill of political polemic may be sugared with a sprinkling of dirty jokes, but it's always there.
- Add a sprinkling of pepper.
- The final effect was rubbing a glue stick randomly on the snow and sprinkling it with silver glitter for that sparkly look that snow sometimes has.
- He was shaking food into the aquarium, holding a container like a pepper shaker, sprinkling Vitablend into the water.
- The Abbé Vincent, after sprinkling all the spectators with holy water, presented the paten to the wife of the king's pantler, Jordan, that she might kiss it. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
- Have you ever thought how great it would be if someone took the ickiest aspects of monogamous lifestyle BDSM, blended it with a double measure of religious-right patriarchy, then added a generous sprinkling of disturbing domestic violence? Happy Slapping
