spritz.
A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.
Meaning & usage
A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.
Fish is good with a spritz of lemon juice.
A small amount of something; a dash or jot.
Where this word comes from
Cognate 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.
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.
To drizzle, to rain lightly.
Where this word comes from
Cognate 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.
Synonym of spritzer (“spray bottle”).
Synonym of spritzer (“drink made with white wine and soda water”).
Where this word comes from
Clipping of spritzer. Piecewise doublet of etymology 1.
A cocktail consisting of prosecco, soda water, and bitters.
Aperol spritz
Where this word comes from
From Italian spritz, a shortening of Austrian German Gespritzter (“spritzer”). Piecewise doublet of etymologies 1 and 2.
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