sprinkles

Noun

• bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
• a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
• the act of sprinkling or splashing water
• plural of sprinkle
• Small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections.

Verb

• distribute loosely
• cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
• rain gently
• scatter with liquid; wet lightly
• third-person singular simple present indicative of sprinkle

Examples

• "He had a double ice cream cone, with sprinkles."

Synonyms

besprinkle, disperse, dot, dust, jimmies, patter, pitter-patter, scatter, scattering, sparge, spatter, spit, splash, splosh, sprinkle, sprinkling, hundreds and thousands, nonpareils, spreckles, sprinkles, sugar strands