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How to pronounce “spray”
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Pronunciation guide for spray
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of spray with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons
You've got traditional things like pepper spray,
- Definition summary
- A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
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How to pronounce spray
The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons

You've got traditional things like pepper spray,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “spray”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
- (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
- (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
- (medicine, 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.
- (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
- (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.[1]
- (computing, 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.
- (Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
- (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
- (transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
- (intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
- (transitive, computing, computer security) 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.
- (transitive, soccer) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
- (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
- (climbing, slang, derogatory) To give unwanted advice.
- (Nigeria) To shower guests dancing at a function with money.
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