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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (n) spiel, patter, line of gab (plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson))
S: (n) patter (a quick succession of light rapid sounds) "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"

S: (v) sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter (rain gently) "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

W: (n) sprinkle [Related to: sprinkle] (a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby)
W: (n) sprinkling [Related to: sprinkle] (a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby)

S: (n) scattering, sprinkling (a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly) "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples"
S: (n) scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling (a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby)
S: (n) aspersion, sprinkling (the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare))
S: (n) 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"

S: (v) scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse (distribute loosely) "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
S: (v) sprinkle, splash, splosh (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force) "She splashed the water around her"
S: (v) sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter (rain gently) "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
S: (v) sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle (scatter with liquid; wet lightly) "Sprinkle the lawn"

S: (v) patter, pitter-patter (make light, rapid and repeated sounds) "gently pattering rain"