sprinkle

About 1.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

verb To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
verb To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
verb To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
It sprinkled outside all day long.
verb To rain very lightly outside.
It sprinkled very early in the morning.
verb To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
verb To spread, as if by sprinkling.
noun A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
noun A light rain shower.