sprinkle
sprinkle
/ˈsprɪŋkl/
1 transitive to shake small pieces of something or drops of a liquid on something sprinkle A on/onto/over B Sprinkle chocolate on top of the cake.
She sprinkled sugar over the strawberries.
sprinkle B with A She sprinkled the strawberries with sugar.
The sheets and pillows were sprinkled with lavender water.
Sprinkle the meat lightly with salt.
Collocations
adverb
preposition
on
over
with
His poems are sprinkled with quotations from ancient Greek.
a black velvety sky sprinkled with stars
The screenplay is liberally sprinkled with jokes.
3 intransitive (North American English) if it sprinkles, it rains lightly It's only sprinkling. We can still go out.
Word Origin
late Middle English: perhaps from Middle Dutch sprenkelen.
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