sprinkling

English

Verb

sprinkling

1. present participle and gerund of sprinkle

Noun

sprinkling (plural sprinklings)

1. The action of the verb to sprinkle.
2. A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.

   Synonyms: dusting, smattering, sprinkle; see also Thesaurus:modicum

   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 299:

     Among the devotees […] were persons who suffered from loathsome skin diseases, such as smallpox, abscesses, and the itch; and among them there was a fair sprinkling of debauchees, who had drunk themselves nearly blind and hoped to recover the use of their precious eyes by parading for a month in this curious mantle.

   • 2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “When will Wales's wish for rail improvements come true?”, in Rail, page 32:

     It notes: "The Welsh Government's view is that genuine 'levelling up' cannot simply mean a sprinkling of new, ad hoc rail projects decided in Whitehall, it has to be part of a strategic approach to promoting growth in all parts of the UK."

3. A light shower of rain.

   Synonyms: flirt, skiff, sprinkle

4. A scattering.

   Synonyms: diffusion, dispersion, spatter, spread, strewing

Derived terms

• sprinkling can

 

Translations

a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled

• German: Streuen (de) n, Streuung (de) f, Ausstreuen n, Ausstreuung f, Bestreuen n, Bestreuung f, Beregnen n, Beregnung f, Berieseln n, Berieselung f, Besprengen f, Besprengung f, Sprengen n, Besprühen n, Besprühung f, Betropfen n, Einstreuen n, Einstreuung f

a thin distribion of something

• German: Einsprengsel (de) f, Prise (de) f, einige Wenige f, Anstrich (de) m

a light shower of rain

• German: Sprühregen (de) m, Nieseln n, Nieselregen (de) m,

a scattering

• German: Streuung (de) f, Zerstreuung (de) f

References

• “sprinkling”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.