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spritz

[sprits, shprits] Informal.
–verb (used with object)
1. to spray briefly and quickly; squirt: He spritzed a little soda in his drink.
–noun
2. a quick, brief spray of liquid; squirt.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; < G spritzen to squirt, spray
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spritz   (sprĭts, shprĭts)   
tr.v.   spritzed, spritz·ing, spritz·es
To squirt or spray (something) quickly.
n.  A quick squirt or spray, as of carbonated water.

[Pennsylvania Dutch schpritze, from Middle High German sprützen, to spray; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

spritz 
1917, from Yiddish or Ger., lit. "spray." Spritzer "glass of wine mixed with carbonated water" is from 1961.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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