spray

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
3. (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
4. (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
5. (countable) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
6. (countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
7. (countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
8. (countable) The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
9. (Australia, countable, uncountable) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.

Verb

1. (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
2. (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To project many small items dispersively.
4. (intransitive) To urinate in order to mark territory.
5. (transitive) To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
6. (transitive) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
7. (transitive) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
8. (derogatory, slang) To give unwanted advice.
9. (Nigeria) To shower guests dancing at a function with money

Synonyms

sprinkle

splash

spurt

spatter

squirt

spout

atomizer

jet

scatter

sprayer

gush

atomize

water

🚰

atomiser

twig

nebulizer

mist

drizzle

nebuliser

splatter

sprig

aerosol

wet

sprinkling

shower

🚿

sparge

shed

spraying

inject

blow

small branch

besprinkle

spray on

acervulus

fogger

syringe

💉

dabble

spill

splashes

foam

cluster

shoot

erupt

pulverizer

mister

eject

branch

shatter

drop

distributive fault

Translations

pulvériser

spruzzare

vaporiser

rociar

spritzen

Spray

vaporisateur

asperger

ψεκάζω

spray

atomiseur

atomiser

nebulizzare

Gischt

esprai

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɹeɪ/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle High German: spræjen

Cognate with Dutch: sproeien

Cognate with German: sprühen

Inherited from Middle English: spray

Inherited from Old English: *spræġ

In summary

From Middle Dutch sprāien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sprēwijaną (“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to sow, scatter”).
Cognate with Middle High German spræjen, spræwen (“to squirt, spray, dust, splash, straw”), Danish dialectal språe (“to open up, burst forth”), Swedish dialectal språ (“to sprout, shoot forth, burst”), Norwegian dialectal spra, spræ (“to splash, splatter, spout, burst forth”), Dutch sproeien (“to spray, sprinkle”), German sprühen (“to spray, sparkle”).