SPRINKLING Synonyms

• the sound like water splashing

• a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

• a small quantity of something moist or liquid

• a patch of bright color

• the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

• the act of scattering water about haphazardly

• cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

• walk through mud or mire

• dash a liquid upon or against

• mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered

• make a splashing sound

• soil or stain with a splashed liquid

• strike and dash about in a liquid

• very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

• rain lightly

• moisten with fine drops

• a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you

• someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

• washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle

• a brief period of precipitation

• a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

• a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person

• expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

• spray or sprinkle with

• take a shower; wash one's body in the shower

• rain abundantly

• provide abundantly with

• the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

• the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

• the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

• a quantity of small objects flying through the air

• the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer

• fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• free microscopic particles of solid material

• remove the dust from

• rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

• cover with a light dusting of a substance

• distribute loosely

• the act of sprinkling or splashing water

• agitate by introducing air or compressed gas

• scatter with liquid; wet lightly

• scatter with liquid; wet lightly

• distribute loosely

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• cause to separate

• move away from each other

• separate (light) into spectral rays

• cause to become widely known

• the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

• a very small circular shape

• the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

• scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

• distribute loosely

• make a dot or dots

• mark with a dot

• fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• free microscopic particles of solid material

• remove the dust from

• rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

• cover with a light dusting of a substance

• distribute loosely

• plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

• a quick succession of light rapid sounds

• rain gently

• make light, rapid and repeated sounds

• a series of rapid tapping sounds

• as of footsteps

• describing a rhythmic beating

• rain gently

• make light, rapid and repeated sounds

• a haphazard distribution in all directions

• the act of scattering

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• move away from each other

• distribute loosely

• sow by scattering

• cause to separate

• strew or distribute over an area

• the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

• the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

• dash a liquid upon or against

• rain gently

• spot, splash, or soil

• a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

• a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches

• a skewer for holding meat over a fire

• the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

• expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

• utter with anger or contempt

• rain gently

• drive a skewer through

• make a splashing sound

• walk through mud or mire

• cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

• dash a liquid upon or against