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

Related terms

• sprinkle

Anagrams

• prinks

Cimbrian

Verb

sprink

1. third-person singular present indicative of springen