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lick of paint

lick of paint noun: a visual redesign or revamp.

Noun

lick of paint (plural licks of paint)

  1. (informal) A visual redesign or revamp.
    • We've given our website a lick of paint.
    • "It's far more than a lick of paint," says Southern's project director Alistair Hinze, who has worked across the project since it began.2025 July 23, Richard Wilcock, “A new dawn for the Electrostars”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 25

Forms of lick of paint

plurallicks of paint

Origin of lick of paint

Compare French coup de peinture.

Questions about lick of paint

What does lick of paint mean?
Lick of paint means a visual redesign or revamp.
What part of speech is lick of paint?
Lick of paint is a noun.
What is the plural of lick of paint?
The plural of lick of paint is licks of paint.

Words near lick of paint in the dictionary

  1. lick jobs
  2. lick log
  3. lick logs
  4. lick mat
  5. lick my balls
  6. lick of paint
  7. lick of the tarbrush
  8. lick of work
  9. lick one's chops
  10. lick one's lips
  11. lick one's wounds

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