spray
A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
Noun 4 meanings
A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
“The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.”
Something resembling a spray of liquid.
A pressurized container; an atomizer.
Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
Verb 4 meanings
To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
“The firemen sprayed the house.”
To project in a dispersive manner.
“Spray some ointment on that scratch.”
To project many small items dispersively.
To urinate in order to mark territory.
Etymology
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”).
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SPRAY at a glance
SPRAY has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + R 1 + A 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,274 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with spray
All rhymesOne letter away
- STRAY8
- SPLAY10
- SPRAT7
- SPRAG8
- SCRAY10
- SPRAD8
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