Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that sprinkles, especially.
- noun An outlet on a sprinkler system.
- noun A device with perforations through which water issues from a hose to sprinkle a lawn.
- noun A sprinkler system.
- transitive verb To equip with a sprinkler system.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which sprinkles.
- noun Milit., same as
morning-star , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sprinkles.
- noun An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Anything that
sprinkles . - noun An
irrigation device thatsprays water into theair whilst moving back and forth. - noun A fire sprinkler; a heat actived
fire extinguisher .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
Etymologies
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Examples
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I've found that one of these tubs (we just "upgraded" from a 30 gallon to a 45 gallon model this summer - $25 at the hardware store) and a good sprinkler is all the water fun my small children need.
Archive 2007-09-01 regina doman 2007
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I've found that one of these tubs (we just "upgraded" from a 30 gallon to a 45 gallon model this summer - $25 at the hardware store) and a good sprinkler is all the water fun my small children need.
Plastic Elimination Campaign: Kids' Swimming Pool regina doman 2007
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Moose in a Sprinkler - Running through a sprinkler is a fun way to cool off on a hot summer day, for young humans as well as young moose!
David Mizejewski: Animals in Odd Places David Mizejewski 2010
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The sprinkler is a light brass rose, about 1½ inches diameter and less than two inches high entire, the distributer being a revolving head fitted loosely to the body of the fixed portion, which is made to screw into a half inch tube connection.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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Hockey is requesting money for a sprinkler and zamboni storage, and the board agreed that the sprinkler is a priority.
unknown title 2009
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A telephone prankster posing as a sprinkler company employee caused havoc Saturday morning at an Arkansas Holiday Inn when he convinced an employee to set off the hotel's fire alarm, smash windows, shut down electricity, and break a sprinkler head that flooded the building lobby.
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One company that benefited: Wheatland Tube Co., which employs 1,600 people, most of them in factories near this small city, making steel pipes for uses such as sprinkler systems and plumbing.
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It is an easy matter if you have all appliances, – a "sprinkler," or
Gardening by Myself 1872
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From Jake, Newquay, TMS inbox: "I'd like to add my voice to the no doubt cacophonous chorus of people demanding that Aggers repeat his 'sprinkler' in front of the video cameras at the earliest opportunity..."
BBC News - Home 2011
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From Jake, Newquay, TMS inbox: "I'd like to add my voice to the no doubt cacophonous chorus of people demanding that Aggers repeat his 'sprinkler' in front of the video cameras at the earliest opportunity..."
BBC News - Home 2011
treeseed commented on the word sprinkler
Many children love to run through the sprinkler on a hot summer day...but eventually it is too cold to endure!
January 28, 2008