spritz
To spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightlyTo spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly.
Meaning
2 sensesTo 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.
sprühen, spritzen
(impersonal)To drizzle, to rain lightly.
- cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it
- eject (a liquid) quickly
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.
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Forms
spritzes, spritzing, spritzed, spritzedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle