spritzing

verb

present participle of spritz
as in spraying

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  1. spraying
  2. sprinkling
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  • While Blanche didn’t cite specific incidents, Pirro’s office last week charged a Kentucky woman with vandalism for spraying the World War II memorial on the National Mall with graffiti.
    — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The proposal would require applicators to provide at least 72 hours’ notice before spraying within a half-mile of those areas.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of spraying
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  • Wheat, rice, and corn flours are the three most common options for sprinkling over your soil.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But by the 1960s, the techniques of Central Texas — sprinkling briskets with salt and pepper and cooking them over indirect heat — started to become more commonplace.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of sprinkling
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