Definition of Sprinkles

1. Noun. Bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream.

Exact synonyms: Jimmies
Generic synonyms: Chocolate Candy

Definition of Sprinkles

1. Noun. (context: usually plural) Small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of sprinkle) ¹

3. Verb. Third person singular simple present of ''to sprinkle.'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sprinkles

1. sprinkle [v] - See also: sprinkle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprinkles

springtides
springtime
springtimes
springwater
springwaters
springwood
springwoods
springy
sprinkle
sprinkled
sprinkler
sprinkler system
sprinklered
sprinklering
sprinklers
sprinkles (current term)
sprinkling
sprinklings
sprinkly
sprint
sprinted
sprinter
sprinters
sprinting
sprints
sprit
sprite
sprite halo
spriteful

Literary usage of Sprinkles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"... in which two brothers fight a duel to the death in its old chapel, until the blood of the murdered man sprinkles the wall with stains still ineffaceable ..."

2. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1897)
"He sprinkles him all over; he thus appeases him all over. ... On every side (he sprinkles the altar): hence the ocean flows round these worlds on every side ..."

3. The Roman Missal by Catholic Church (1867)
"Hosanna in the highest Here the Priest sprinkles the Palms with hy Wolff, saying Sprinkle, & c. as in p. xiii. coil having fumed them thrice ..."

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