intersperse

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   place at intervals in or among

   intersperse exclamation marks in the text

2. 2
   verb

   To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.

   For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life.

3. 3
   verb

   To scatter or insert something into or among other things.

   When writing, I intersperse details.

4. 4
   verb

   To diversify by placing or inserting other things among something.

   Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.

5. 5
   verb

   introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions

Etymology

From Latin interspergō, interspersus.