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noun

Definition of sprinklingnext
1
as in handful
a small number a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport

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2
as in little
a very small amount just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program

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sprinkling

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adjective

as in drizzling

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sprinkling

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verb

present participle of sprinkle
1
as in spraying
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water

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2
as in dotting
to mark with small spots especially unevenly sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut

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“Sprinkling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprinkling. Accessed 31 Jan. 2023.

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