sprink

English

Alternative forms

  • sprenk (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sprinken, variant of spryngen (“to spring, sprinkle”) influenced by sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”). Compare North Frisian spreenke (“to asperse”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Verb

sprink (third-person singular simple present sprinks, present participle sprinking, simple past and past participle sprinked or sprent)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) To sprinkle; splash

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Verb

sprink

  1. third-person singular present indicative of springen
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