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splatter
verb. splash
  • bespatter
  • douse
  • drench
  • drown
  • get wet
  • moisten
  • plunge
  • shower
  • slosh
  • soak
  • sop
  • spatter
  • spray
  • sprinkle
  • squirt
  • wet

sprinkling
noun. hint, dash
  • admixture
  • dust
  • dusting
  • few
  • handful
  • lick
  • mixture
  • powdering
  • scattering
  • several
  • smattering
  • sprinkle
  • strain
  • taste
  • tinge
  • touch
  • trace

squirt
verb. squeeze out liquid
  • eject
  • emit
  • flow
  • jet
  • pour
  • spatter
  • spit
  • splash
  • splur
  • spray
  • sprinkle
  • spritz
  • spurt
  • stream
  • surge

throw
verb. propel something through the air
  • bandy
  • barrage
  • bombard
  • buck
  • bunt
  • butt
  • cant
  • cast
  • catapult
  • chuck
  • dash
  • deliver
  • discharge
  • dislodge
  • drive
  • fell
  • fire
  • flick
  • fling
  • fling off
  • flip
  • floor
  • force
  • heave
  • hurl
  • impel
  • lapidate
  • launch
  • let fly
  • let go
  • lift
  • lob
  • overturn
  • overwhelm
  • peg
  • pellet
  • pelt
  • pepper
  • pitch
  • precipitate
  • project
  • push
  • put
  • scatter
  • send
  • shove
  • shower
  • shy
  • sling
  • splatter
  • spray
  • sprinkle
  • start
  • stone
  • strew
  • thrust
  • toss
  • tumble
  • unhorse
  • unseat
  • upset
  • volley
  • waft

water
verb. dampen; put water in
  • baptize
  • bathe
  • damp
  • dilute
  • doctor
  • douse
  • drench
  • drool
  • flood
  • hose
  • imbue
  • inundate
  • irrigate
  • moisten
  • saturate
  • soak
  • sodden
  • souse
  • spatter
  • spray
  • sprinkle
  • steep
  • thin
  • wash
  • weaken
  • wet

spangle
verb. shimmer
  • adorn
  • coruscate
  • decorate
  • flash
  • gleam
  • glimmer
  • glisten
  • glitter
  • ornament
  • sequin
  • sparkle
  • sprinkle
  • star
  • trim
  • twinkle

wet
verb. cause to become damp, moist
  • bathe
  • damp
  • dampen
  • deluge
  • dip
  • douse
  • drench
  • drown
  • hose
  • humidify
  • imbue
  • irrigate
  • moisten
  • rinse
  • saturate
  • soak
  • sop
  • souse
  • splash
  • spray
  • sprinkle
  • steep
  • wash
  • water

irrigate
verb. water
  • flood
  • flush
  • inundate
  • soak
  • spray
  • sprinkle

strew
verb. spread
  • cover
  • scatter
  • sprinkle
  • toss
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Word Origin & History

sprinkle 1382 (implied in sprinkled), frequentative of sprenge (see spring (v.)) or via M.Du., M.L.G. sprenkel "spot, speck," from PIE base *(s)preg- "to jerk, scatter" (cf. L. spargere "to scatter, sprinkle"). The meaning "rain lightly" is first recorded 1778. Sprinkling "small amount" first recorded 1594. Sprinkler is attested from 1535.

Example Sentences for sprinkle

After cleansing them, sprinkle with powdered bayberry bark, or bloodroot.

Sprinkle it over, while moist, with a little of my prepared down.

Sprinkle a large iron pan with flour; lay the biscuits in it, cover it and set it to rise near the fire.

To call her, Rodolphe threw a sprinkle of sand at the shutters.

Put this into shells and sprinkle fried bread crumbs over them.

Sprinkle rose petals over her or any other damned sentimentalism.

Tha' he is—he go'n' a' sprinkle snake-dust in mah boots—tha' he is—watch out!

When cooked, put into hot dish, sprinkle with salt and add bits of butter.

Then wrap it up in a blanket of humour, sprinkle with fatuousness, and serve cold.

Sprinkle the top with bread crumbs and grated cheese; bake about 20 minutes.

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