spritzer

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noun

A chilled long drink, made from white wine and soda water, or fruit juice and soda water.

“Near-synonym: wine cooler (broadly synonymous)”

Similar
wine cooler[Appendix:Glossaryspray bottleseltzer bottlewindscreen washer
UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

nounspritzer (plural spritzers)

plural spritzers · alternative schpritzer

  1. A chilled long drink, made from white wine and soda water, or fruit juice and soda water.

    Near-synonym: wine cooler (broadly synonymous)

    Synonyms: wine cooler[Appendix:Glossary

  2. Synonym of spray bottle.

    Synonyms: spray bottle

  3. Synonym of seltzer bottle.

    Synonyms: seltzer bottle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA chilled long drink, made from white wine and soda water, or fruit juice and soda water.

Similar
wine cooler[Appendix:Glossary

nounSynonym of spray bottle.

nounSynonym of seltzer bottle.

nounSynonym of windscreen washer.

Origin

  1. GermanSpritzer“splash, spatter”
  2. Englishspritzer

From German Spritzer (“splash, spatter”). By surface analysis, spritz + -er; more at spritz.

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Translations

Czech vinný střik
  • vinný střikcocktail: white wine and soda water
German Schorle, Weinschorle
  • Schorlecocktail: white wine and soda water
  • Weinschorlecocktail: white wine and soda water
Italian spritz
  • spritzcocktail: white wine and soda water
Japanese スプリッツァー
  • スプリッツァー (supurittsā)cocktail: white wine and soda water
Polish szprycer
  • szprycercocktail: white wine and soda water
Cite this entry
APA

spritzer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spritzer

MLA

“spritzer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spritzer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spritzer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spritzer.

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