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  • noun The amount applied by a spritz; a small amount of liquid, lightly applied; a sprinkling.
  • verb Present participle of spritz.

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Examples

  • Middle schoolers no longer showered after PE class, a development that Ben blamed for the advent of the oppressively pungent deodorant sprays with oxy-moronic names like Arctic Heat and Blazing Chill that had become required spritzing for teenage boys.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • We had something like 30 presentations; this was speed spritzing.

    Mary Orlin: A Scentsational Weekend With Sniffapalooza Mary Orlin 2011

  • "In Italy many years ago, there was rich people and poor people," Luigi Sacripanti says to me after spritzing my hair with water from a little spray bottle.

    A barber puts his scissors aside, but not his love of life. John Kelly 2011

  • It was so hard that after adding some extra egg white, I put it in the mixer and kneaded it with the machine, spritzing it with water.

    Back In The Saddle: Daring Bakers' Lasagne Laura 2009

  • Staff members are constantly cleaning the quarters and spritzing the occupants.

    All the Sheikh’s Horses 2010

  • The office I spent hours and hours spritzing with soapy water and scraping off again (lydy and ddb helped), and then Bob the painter used some sort of liquid to get the last of it off before he could paint.

    mrissa: PSA: my mom and scheduling mrissa 2010

  • Bake loaf on the lowest rack of the oven for 15 minutes, spritzing the oven walls with water every 5 minutes.

    Bread and Wine Sarah 2009

  • Bake loaf on the lowest rack of the oven for 15 minutes, spritzing the oven walls with water every 5 minutes.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Sarah 2009

  • Middle schoolers no longer showered after PE class, a development that Ben blamed for the advent of the oppressively pungent deodorant sprays with oxy-moronic names like Arctic Heat and Blazing Chill that had become required spritzing for teenage boys.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • It was so hard that after adding some extra egg white, I put it in the mixer and kneaded it with the machine, spritzing it with water.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Laura 2009

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