spritz
/sprɪts
/verb [with object]
1Squirt or spray a liquid at or on to (something) in quick, short bursts: she spritzed her neck with cologne...
- She picked me up in her brand new Mustang Convertible about a second after I'd finished spritzing my hair for the millionth time.
- Veronica took Abbey's hair out of the bun and started spritzing it with water.
- If you absolutely must use them, make sure you spritz your hair with a heat protective spray first.
1.1Spray (a liquid) in quick, short bursts: she spritzed some perfume behind her ears...
- A toner can be applied with a facial sponge, splashed onto skin or spritzed on with a spray bottle.
- Once I had a flight attendant who spritzed perfume all over herself.
- Working section by section, Lori spritzed Hilary's hair with Straight Spray.
noun
An act of squirting or spraying liquid in short bursts or the liquid sprayed.Aboard, male stewards are always on hand to escort you to your pre-assigned seats and offer you a spritz of cologne for your wrists....
- Finish up with a spritz of fragrance on the inside of your wrists, behind your ears and behind your knees.
- When your pet shows signs of needing to cool down just give him several spritzes to wet him down.
Origin
Early 20th century: from German spritzen 'to squirt'.
Rhymes
- second floor
- second-generation
- second growth
- second-guess
- second hand
- second-hand smoke
- secondhand speech
- second honeymoon
- second in command
- second intention
- Second International
- Second Isaiah
- second lieutenant
- second line
- secondly
- second master
- second mate
- secondment
- second messenger
- second mortgage
- second name
- second nature
- secondo
- second of arc
- second officer