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▸ noun: (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
▸ noun: (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
▸ noun: (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
▸ noun: (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ verb: (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
▸ verb: (intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
▸ verb: (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.
▸ verb: (transitive, soccer) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
▸ verb: (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
▸ verb: (climbing, slang, derogatory) To give unwanted advice.
▸ verb: (Nigeria) To shower guests dancing at a function with money
▸ noun: (countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.
▸ noun: (countable) A collective body of small branches.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
▸ noun: (countable, obsolete) An orchard.
▸ noun: (countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
Similar:
sprayer,
atomizer,
atomiser,
misting,
spray-on,
aerosol,
aerosolization,
autospray,
nebulization,
spray paint,
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