Crossword clues for spritz
spritz
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1917, from Yiddish or directly from German spritzen "to squirt," from Middle High German sprützen "to squirt, sprout," from Proto-Germanic *sprut- (see sprout (v.)). Spritzer "glass of wine mixed with carbonated water" is from 1961.
Wiktionary
n. A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid. vb. To spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly.
WordNet
n. a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)
v. eject (a liquid) quickly; "spritz water on a surface"
cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it; "Spritz the lawn with water"
Wikipedia
Spritz may refer to:
- Hair spray
- Spritz (alcoholic beverage), an aperitif consisting of wine, sparkling water, and liqueur
- Spritz (wine), a term referring to small amounts of carbon dioxide added to wine
- Spritz (cipher), a cryptographic stream cipher and hash function by Rivest and Schuldt.
The Spritz (German: "splash" / "sparkling", also called Spritz Veneziano or just Veneziano) is a wine-based cocktail commonly served as an aperitif in Northeast Italy. The drink is prepared with prosecco wine, a dash of some bitter liqueur such as Aperol, Campari, Cynar, or, especially in Venice, with Select. The glass is then topped off with sparkling mineral water. It is usually served over ice in a lowball glass (or sometimes a martini glass or wine glass) and garnished a slice of orange, or sometimes an olive, depending on the liqueur. Another variation of the drink uses champagne with the liqueur rather than prosecco. The drink originated in Venice while it was part of the Austrian Empire, and is based on the Austrian Spritzer, a combination of equal parts white wine and soda water; another idea is that the name of the drink would be linked to that of a typical Austrian wine in the region of the Wachau.
Usage examples of "spritz".
He impatiently endured a flash of degerming light and spritz of sterilizing chemical mist.
She towel dried her hair and let it curl naturally while she sat on the curved edge of the ceramic tub and pampered her body with almond-scented lotion that left her skin satin smooth, followed by a spritz of vanilla cologne at each pulse point.
She always gave herself a spritz of the famous fragrance whenever she breezed through the ritzy store on Fifth Avenue, but she had never owned a single bottle of the expensive scent.
Adding another spritz of her perfume, she beamed into the rest room mirror, then set off once again, riding the serene plane she had been on since she first rose from bed.
Keeley whispered know ingly as she watched her mother spritz on a bit of perfume and fluff her hair around her shoulders.
She talked incessantly, hardly looking at what she did, eyeballing the pour, spritzing soda or water from the bar hose.
Sometimes you can hear the spritzing of the rainbirds, computers programmed to water lawns before the sun has fully risen.
The doorbell pealed as she was in the process of attaching ear studs, and she quickly slid her feet into stiletto-heeled pumps, spritzed perfume to a few pulse points, then she caught up her evening purse and headed for the front door.
Picking up a spray bottle of perfume, Madam spritzed the tea tin, then placed it in a small bag.
Messinger sat forward, peering through the windshield, which had been spritzed with fine mist.
And she might have talked to him all night, but two things happened: the lawn sprinklers spritzed into frantic life, and a Beverly Hills police patrol car soundlessly materialized.
Susan mentally flipped through a catalog of Marilyn's seamless dramas, such as the time in the changing room she spritzed a tightly aimed spray bottle of canola oil at the swimsuit of Miss Orlando Pre-Teene after a close call in the talent contest.
In the absence of a fire hose, the frantic Klansmen were forced to save their blazing comrade by spritzing him with well-shaken cans of Schlitz beer.