1. (

• scattering ,
• sprinkling

) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples" ;

2. (

• scattering ,
• sprinkle ,
• sprinkling

) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby ;

3. (

• aspersion ,
• sprinkling

) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) ;

4. (

• sprinkle ,
• sprinkling ,
• sparge

) the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" ;