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Spritz

//spɹɪts// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.

    "Fish is good with a spritz of lemon juice."

  2. 2
    Synonym of spritzer (“spray bottle”).
  3. 3
    A cocktail consisting of prosecco, soda water, and bitters.

    "Aperol spritz"

  4. 4
    a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water) wordnet
  5. 5
    A small amount of something; a dash or jot. broadly
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  1. 6
    Synonym of spritzer (“drink made with white wine and soda water”).
Verb
  1. 1
    To spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly.

    "It's hard to keep hair in a specific hairdo when you just spritz only a little bit of hair spray."

  2. 2
    cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it wordnet
  3. 3
    To drizzle, to rain lightly. impersonal
  4. 4
    eject (a liquid) quickly wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Yiddish שפּריץ (shprits, noun) and שפּריצן (shpritsn, verb).

Etymology 2

From Yiddish שפּריץ (shprits, noun) and שפּריצן (shpritsn, verb).

Etymology 3

Clipping of spritzer.

Etymology 4

From Italian spritz, a shortening of Austrian German Gespritzter (“spritzer”).

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