spritzen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
- inject verb To force a liquid, especially medicine or a drug, into the body using a needle.
- jet noun A fast-moving stream of liquid, gas, or flame forced out of a small opening.
- skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.
- spatter verb To splash small drops of a liquid onto someone or something.
- splash noun The sound or spray made when something hits liquid.
- spout noun A narrow tube or opening that liquid pours out of.
- spritz noun A quick, light spray of a liquid.
- spurt verb To gush out suddenly in a jet or stream.
- squirt verb To force liquid out in a quick, thin stream.
- syringe noun A device with a needle, a chamber, and a plunger, used to inject or draw off fluids.
Senses
spritzen is used for these senses in English:
- dash (ambitransitive, sometimes, figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
- inject (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
- inject (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
- inject (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.
- jet To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
- spatter (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- splash (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- spout (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream
dash — full definition
- verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
- verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
- noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.
inject — full definition
- verb To force a liquid, especially medicine or a drug, into the body using a needle.
- verb To add or introduce something suddenly, often to improve or change a situation.