spritz
A sprinkling or spray of liquidA sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.
Meaning
5 sensesA sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.
Fish is good with a spritz of lemon juice.
Spritzer, Schuss
(broadly)A small amount of something; a dash or jot.
Synonym of spritzer (“spray bottle”).
Synonym of spritzer (“drink made with white wine and soda water”).
A cocktail consisting of prosecco, soda water, and bitters.
Aperol spritz
- a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Cognate with various Germanic counterparts, including German spritzen, Pennsylvania GermanCognate with various Germanic counterparts, including German spritzen, Pennsylvania German schpritze, Yiddish שפּריץ (shprits, noun), and Yiddish שפּריצן (shpritsn, verb), and variously said (by various sources) to be borrowed from any of them; spritzer is said by some sources to be borrowed from German Spritzer, rather than being an English agent noun derived from this verb, but by surface analysis the connection is clear, even if sources do not adduce the evidence for the diachrony.
Clipping of spritzer. Piecewise doublet of etymology 1.
From Italian spritz, a shortening of Austrian German Gespritzter (“spritzer”). Piecewise doublet of etymologies 1 and 2.
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