sprinkler

Meaning

Noun

1. Anything that sprinkles.
2. An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
3. A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.
4. A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head.

Verb

To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.

Synonyms

sprayer

sprinkler head

atomizer

watering can

rainer

rainmaker

spray

nebulizer

irrigator

sprinkling can

squirt

rain making machine

spray can

watering pot

hydroconion

rainger

watering machine

sprinkling-machine

spraying device

sprinkling machine

artificial rain device

rain simulator

nozzle

Translations

Sprinkler

gicleur d’incendie

aspersor

rociador

sprinkleur

asperseur

ruixador

Berieselungsanlage

arroseur

arroseuse

Sprengapparat

saupoudreur

spruzzatore

Rasensprenger

aspersor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspɹiŋklɚ/

Etymology

From sprinkle + -er.