A sprayer according to the present invention is suitable for a sprayer of type which is mounted to a neck portion of a container and pumps up liquid contained in the container to spray the liquid. The term "spray" includes a meaning of spraying the liquid in the atomized state by making the liquid into fine particles and a meaning of spraying the liquid in the foamed state by further making the fine particles mixed with air. A collision plate 50 is disposed in front of a discharge nozzle 21 so that the spray state when the collision plate 50 is in the closed state and that when the collision plate 50 is in the opened state are different from each other. A first holding means 250 for holding the nozzle cover 240 in the closed state, and a opened state holding means 260 for holding the nozzle cover in the opend state are disposed between a spraying member 210 having a spraying outlet 213 and a nozzle cover 240 for opening and closing the spraying outlet 213, to prevent the nozzle cover from inadvertently closing during spraying
