sprinkling
noun
[ ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ ]
• a small thinly distributed amount of something.
• "a sprinkling of grey in his hair"
sprinkle
verb
• cover (an object or surface) with small drops or particles of a substance.
• "I sprinkled the floor with water"
• rain very lightly.
• "it began to sprinkle"
Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from Middle Dutch sprenkelen .
