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spritz¹

  • /spɹɪts/
  • /ʃpɹɪts/

Rhymes with -ɪts

Where it 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.

noun spritzes · shpritz

  1. A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid. Fish is good with a spritz of lemon juice.
  2. broadly A small amount of something; a dash or jot.

verb spritzes · spritzing · spritzed · shpritz

  1. 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.
  2. impersonal To drizzle, to rain lightly.

spritz²

  • /spɹɪts/
  • /ʃpɹɪts/

Rhymes with -ɪts

Where it comes from

Clipping of spritzer. Piecewise doublet of etymology 1.

noun spritzes · shpritz

  1. Synonym of spritzer (“spray bottle”).

    Similar: spritzer

  2. Synonym of spritzer (“drink made with white wine and soda water”).

    Similar: spritzer

spritz³

  • /spɹɪts/
  • /ʃpɹɪts/

Rhymes with -ɪts

Where it comes from

From Italian spritz, a shortening of Austrian German Gespritzter (“spritzer”). Piecewise doublet of etymologies 1 and 2.

noun spritzes · shpritz

  1. A cocktail consisting of prosecco, soda water, and bitters. Aperol spritz

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noun sprinkling or spray of liquid

DeutschSpritzer, Schuss

verb to spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly

Deutschsprühen, spritzen

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@misc{spritz_2026,
  title = {spritz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spritz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}