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UK
/spɹˈeɪɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈspɹeɪɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈspɹeɪɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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a quantity of small objects flying through the air
a spray of bullets - the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
- the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
How To Use spraying In A Sentence
- One man reported major fish kills in the wild after aerial sprayings of DDT.
- If no spraying has taken place, there's still a need for an aphicide application if conditions allow. FWi - All News
- Marketed as a "healthy smoking machine," this 3-in-1 gadget lights up your cigarettes then automatically "purifies" all the nasty smoke around you, all the while spraying the air with your favorite perfume. Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
- Surely you need to do a picture of GOB doing his coin spraying trick... sorry...illusion. Never-nude Arrested!
- Small and irregular items can be covered with cling film after first spraying with silicon water repellent from an aerosol can.
- How many directors dare tell any diva that the first thing they want her to do, as she makes her grand entrance, is dip her head in a bucket and throw back her hair, spraying an arc of water across the stage?
- All the biting pests above can be controlled by planned, routine, repeat spraying with systemic insecticides.
- The tide was in, and it washed under us and around, spraying through the holes in the floor, giving us the rhythm and the flavor of the sea.
- Careening back onto the highway, spraying gravel as he went, Jack stomped on the accelerator and gave chase.
- Unable to even screech before the veil of death fell upon her, Solokar perished instantly, rivulets of green ichor spraying from her wounds.
