SPRINKLE

I. verb (~d; sprinkling) Etymology: Middle English sprenklen, sprinclen; akin to Middle High German spreckel, sprenkel spot Date: 14th century transitive verb to scatter in drops or particles, 2. to scatter over, to scatter at intervals in or among ; dot , to wet lightly, intransitive verb to scatter a liquid in fine drops, to rain lightly in scattered drops, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1641 the act or an instance of sprinkling, sprinkling , small particles of candy used as a topping (as on ice cream) ; jimmies