English Explanatory Dictionary

sprink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To sprinkle; splash

Word forms

sprink sprinks sprinking sprinked sprent sprenk

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sprinken, variant of spryngen (“to spring, sprinkle”) influenced by sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”). Compare North Frisian spreenke (“to asperse”).

Related words

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