noun (n)

• a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly(noun.quantity)

  Example:
  A sprinkling of grey at his temples.
  

  Synonym:
  scattering
  

  source: wordnet30
• a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby(noun.phenomenon)

  Synonym:
  scattering, sprinkle
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  aspersion
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of sprinkling or splashing water(noun.act)

  Example:
  Baptized with a sprinkling of holy water.
  

  Synonym:
  sparge, sprinkle
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.(noun)

  source: webster1913