spritzing

verb

present participle of spritz
as in spraying

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  1. spraying
  2. sprinkling
Verb
  • Their arrests on June 24, 2023, at a Lancaster WinCo Foods store ultimately led to the indictment of county Sheriff’s Deputy Trevor Kirk, who was later convicted of a felony for assaulting and pepper-spraying Houseton.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 7 July 2026
  • Water jets are spraying mist to cool down the mourners, who are mostly wearing black, with temperatures set to reach 37 degrees Celsius (98 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tehran today, according to the UK Met Office.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of spraying
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  • Then, to complete the deep clean, Lane suggests, sprinkling baking soda on the bottom of the dishwasher and running a second hot cycle with no detergent.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
  • Teammates see someone more settled in his new surroundings, even sprinkling in some English comebacks to their jokes.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of sprinkling
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“Spritzing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spritzing. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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