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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

  1. verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  2. verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
  3. noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.

inject — full definition

  1. verb To force a liquid, especially medicine or a drug, into the body using a needle.
  2. verb To add or introduce something suddenly, often to improve or change a situation.

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