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Definition of Spritz

1. Noun. A quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water).

2. Verb. Eject (a liquid) quickly. "They spritz the bread with melted butter"; "Spritz water on a surface"

3. Verb. Cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it. "The women spritz water into the bowl"; "Spritz the lawn with water"

Definition of Spritz

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

2. Verb. To spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spritz

1. to spray [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: spray

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spritz

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spriting sprits spritsail spritsails spritz (current term) spritzed spritzer spritzers spritzes spritzig

spritzigs spritzing spritzings sproc sprocket sprocket wheel sprockets sprocs sprod

Literary usage of Spritz

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Manipulations: A Manual of the Mechanical and by Campbell Morfit (1857)
"In analyses, the precipitate is most generally washed upon the filter by projecting water from the spritz bottle A, Fig. 426, the jet of which, ..."

2. Handbook of Pharmacy, Embracing the Theory and Practice of Pharmacy and the by Virgil Coblentz (1894)
"In the various operations of rinsing and washing of precipitates, the " wash or spritz flask" is employed. This consists of a flat-bottomed flask (Fig. ..."

3. Handbook of Pharmacy by Virgil Coblentz (1894)
"... e or spritz Bottle.—In the various operations of rinsing and washing of precipitates, the "wash or spritz flask" i- employed ..."

4. A German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied Sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... syringe spritzen, vt & i. to syringe, to laris spritz- (in compds. ... spritz-mittel, n. remedy administered by syringe or enema spritz-muskel, ..."

5. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"relating to syringe, injection, or douche spritz-bad, n. douche, shower-bath spritze,/. syringe spritzen, vt & ». to syringe, to inject, ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1905)
"spritz-Bottle. removing the fingers carefully, and the operation may then be repeated. ... Rickl describes an improvement of the spritz-bottle of ordinary ..."

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