spritz

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  1. transitive verb To squirt or spray (something) quickly.
  2. noun A quick squirt or spray, as of carbonated water.

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  • A splurge of cherry and strawberry opens this rosé, tinge of spritz, creamy edge, rounded and very drinkable. —  thecookscottage
  • Just a spritz or a drizzle will often get the job done. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • Every time you feel your face is sweating, just spritz, then dab off excess water. —  My Sinchew -
  • Anywhere a blood trail runs thin, "spritz" the ground with the solution.
  • After participants got either a spritz of oxytocin or a placebo, they rated pictures of 48 men and women for attractiveness and 30 for trustworthiness. —  ABC News: ABCNews
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  1. Pennsylvania Dutch schpritze, from Middle High German sprützen, to spray; see sper- in Indo-European roots.
 

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