sprinkle

sprinkle
verb
ADVERB
lightly
evenly
liberally (often figurative)

The screenplay is liberally sprinkled with jokes.

PREPOSITION
on, over

Sprinkle sugar evenly over the top of the cake.

with

Sprinkle the meat lightly with salt.

Sprinkle is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cheese, ↑chocolate, ↑juice, ↑parsley, ↑pepper, ↑salt, ↑sugar, ↑water

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  • Sprinkle — Sprin kle, n. 1. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling. [1913 Webster] 2. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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