spritz

Meanings

1. A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.
2. A small amount of something; a dash or jot.

1. To spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly.
2. To drizzle, to rain lightly.

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

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

Etymology

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.