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action painting

action painting noun: a genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image.

Noun

action painting (countable and uncountable, plural action paintings)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image.
  2. (countable) A painting produced in this style.

Forms of action painting

pluralaction paintings

Questions about action painting

What does action painting mean?
Action painting means a genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image.
What part of speech is action painting?
Action painting is a noun.
What is the plural of action painting?
The plural of action painting is action paintings.

Words near action painting in the dictionary

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