sprinkling
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ/
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rociado
- After the storm, there was only a light sprinkling of rain left on the pavement.
- a sprinkling of water
The studio audience laughed, and Izidor heard a sprinkling of handclaps.
- The studio audience laughed, and Izidor heard a sprinkling of handclaps.
- It is a, oh, we described this, a family drama that also has the sprinklings of a thriller.
- Most of them and most of them actually, Liam, are people like you, to be honest, but there's a, a steady sprinkling of, of, of Muslims amongst them.
- OK, I can see some sprinkling right here, so I'm going to put some extra pressure there.
Examples
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One sleeve puffs up, flares out all in silver, a new moon sweeps across her shoulder; the other, black with a sprinkling of stars.
Fiction book (1999) -
And it's just dates and water and a little sprinkling of Himalayan salt.
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And then it's just this black soft, soft thin material with these sprinkling of Silver Stars all over it like the night sky.
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- Only a slight sprinkling, sir.
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Consider this sprinkling from a watering can.
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Give it a very liberal sprinkling of salt and go crazy with the pepper.
Blog text (30) -
As Ayla was finishing up the sun hats, she felt a soft sprinkling of rain.
Fiction book (1990) -
Continue layering and sprinkling, ending with a layer of potatoes.
Academic text (1992) -
Tiny flakes studded the Jews' heads, like a sprinkling of silver coins.
Fiction book (1995) -
Finally, they would take part in the sprinkling ceremony, where they were sprinkled with sand from Jesus' footprints that was supposed to take away all their sins.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.8
A fine cloud of small drops or particles in the air
26
1.5
A small amount of liquid or tiny pieces put on something
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2.1
Putting liquid into small drops over an area using a sprayer
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3.7
Spraying very small drops of water into the air to cool and make it wet
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3.1
Tiny drops of liquid that float in the air
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4.3
Light rain or snow that falls in some places but not others
A sprinkling of water used in a baptism ceremony
An act of sprinkling water over something to rinse it
Scattering things like seeds or petals over a surface
Antonyms
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sprinkling comes from sprinkle, an old word meaning 'scatter', and the little ending -ling meaning 'small thing'. So a sprinkling is a 'small scattering' of drops, like a light rain or a few water drops.