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spraying

The correct spelling is spraying.

How to pronounce spraying

verb

Say it like: Spr-ayi-ng

The correct spelling is spraying. To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something. For example: "The firemen sprayed the house."

Usage Examples

The firemen sprayed the house.

Spray some ointment on that scratch.

to spray the heap of a target process

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
  2. 2.To project in a dispersive manner.
  3. 3.To project many small items dispersively.
  4. 4.To urinate in order to mark territory.
  5. 5.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.

noun

  1. 1.The act by which something is sprayed.

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