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strinkle

/ˈstɹɪŋkl̩/

strinkle verb: to sprinkle or scatter.

Verb

strinkle (third-person singular simple present strinkles, present participle strinkling, simple past and past participle strinkled)

  1. (Scotland, ambitransitive, rare) to sprinkle or scatter

Forms of strinkle

third-person singular presentstrinkles
present participlestrinkling
past participlestrinkled
paststrinkled

Origin of strinkle

From Middle English strenkelen.

Words that rhyme with strinkle

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about strinkle

What does strinkle mean?
Strinkle means to sprinkle or scatter.
What part of speech is strinkle?
Strinkle is a verb.
How do you pronounce strinkle?
Strinkle is pronounced /ˈstɹɪŋkl̩/.
What is the past tense of strinkle?
The past tense of strinkle is strinkled.

Words near strinkle in the dictionary

  1. stringy
  2. stringy floppies
  3. stringy floppy
  4. stringybark
  5. stringybarks
  6. strinkle
  7. strinkled
  8. strinkles
  9. strinkling
  10. striola
  11. striolar

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