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spraying and praying

spraying and praying is the present participle and gerund of spray and pray.

Meaning of spray and pray

Verb

spray and pray (third-person singular simple present sprays and prays, present participle spraying and praying, simple past and past participle sprayed and prayed)

  1. (informal) To dispense anything (such as bullets or advertising) in an uncoordinated manner, hoping to reach the desired target through luck.

Questions about spraying and praying

What is spraying and praying the present participle and gerund of?
Spraying and praying is the present participle and gerund of spray and pray.

Words near spraying and praying in the dictionary

  1. sprayhood
  2. sprayhoods
  3. sprayier
  4. sprayiest
  5. spraying
  6. spraying and praying
  7. sprayings
  8. sprayless
  9. spraylike
  10. spraypaint
  11. spraypainted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spraying and praying (page history and authors); spray and pray (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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