spritz

Other forms of spritz

plural

spritzes·

past tense

spritzed·

present participle

spritzing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spritz

What does spritz mean?

spritz means "eject (a liquid) quickly". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spritz?

spritz has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is spritz a common word?

spritz is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.