Noun

• 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"

Verb

• 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"