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spray paint

spray paint noun: paint applied in the form of a spray, especially from an aerosol can.

Noun

spray paint (countable and uncountable, plural spray paints)

  1. paint applied in the form of a spray, especially from an aerosol can.

Verb

spray paint (third-person singular simple present spray paints, present participle spray painting, simple past and past participle spray painted)

  1. To apply paint in the form of a spray, especially from an aerosol can.
    • Dopeness is not a catchprase to be memed on Twitter, tatted on a forearm, or spray painted on a city block.2022 October 18, Charity C. Elder, “Preface: A Black Woman’s Gaze”, in Power: The Rise of Black Women in America, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN

Forms of spray paint

Noun
pluralspray paints
alternative formspraypaint
Verb
third-person singular presentspray paints
present participlespray painting
past participlespray painted
pastspray painted

Questions about spray paint

What does spray paint mean?
Spray paint means paint applied in the form of a spray, especially from an aerosol can.
What part of speech is spray paint?
Spray paint can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of spray paint?
The plural of spray paint is spray paints.

Words near spray paint in the dictionary

  1. spray drains
  2. spray foam
  3. spray foams
  4. spray gun
  5. spray guns
  6. spray paint
  7. spray painted
  8. spray painting
  9. spray paints
  10. spray tan
  11. spray tanning

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