sprinkle
sprinkle Lexical Profile
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• noun
Very small pieces of colored candy or chocolate used as a decorative topping for cakes, cookies, and ice cream (usually used in the plural).
"The children decorated their vanilla cupcakes with frosting and rainbow sprinkles."
A small, sparse amount of something scattered in drops or particles, or a light, brief fall of rain.
"A light sprinkle of rain cooled the pavement before the afternoon sun returned."
• verb
To scatter or pour small drops of liquid or tiny particles of a substance lightly over a surface.
"She decided to sprinkle powdered sugar over the warm French toast before serving it."
To rain very lightly or in scattered drops.
"It began to sprinkle just as we packed up our picnic basket in the park."
To distribute or intersperse small amounts of something throughout a larger whole, such as a text or speech.
"The professor likes to sprinkle humorous anecdotes throughout his history lectures."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English sprenkelen, a frequentative form related to Middle Dutch sprenkelen and Middle Low German sprenkelen, ultimately from the Proto-Germanic root *springana ('to leap, burst forth, scatter').