spray vs sprinkler

spray

noun
  • Something resembling a spray of liquid. 

  • Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner. 

  • A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure. 

  • A small branch of flowers or berries. 

  • A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold. 

  • A collective body of small branches. 

  • 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. 

  • A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. 

  • A pressurized container; an atomizer. 

  • A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. 

  • Branches and twigs collectively; foliage. 

  • 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. 

  • An ornament or design that resembles a branch. 

verb
  • To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance. 

  • To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something. 

  • To project many small items dispersively. 

  • 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. 

  • To urinate in order to mark territory. 

  • To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction. 

  • To give unwanted advice. 

  • To project in a dispersive manner. 

sprinkler

noun
  • An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth. 

  • A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head. 

  • Anything that sprinkles. 

  • A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling. 

verb
  • To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention. 

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