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spray tan

spray tan noun: a tan produced on the skin for cosmetic purposes by applying a chemical mixture (often dihydroxyacetone). Also the alternative form of spray-tan.

Noun

spray tan (countable and uncountable, plural spray tans)

  1. A tan produced on the skin for cosmetic purposes by applying a chemical mixture (often dihydroxyacetone).
    • After Trump won three straight contests and looked to claim the nomination on Super Tuesday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio decided to fight slime with slime. He taunted Trump over his made-in-China ties and his spray tan.2016 February 29, Ron Fournier, “How to Bully a Bully”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2016
  2. The mixture itself.

Also used as

spray tan is also the alternative form of spray-tan.

Forms of spray tan

Noun
pluralspray tans
Verb
third-person singular presentspray tans
present participlespray tanning
past participlespray tanned
pastspray tanned

Questions about spray tan

What does spray tan mean?
Spray tan means a tan produced on the skin for cosmetic purposes by applying a chemical mixture (often dihydroxyacetone).
What part of speech is spray tan?
Spray tan is a noun.
What is the plural of spray tan?
The plural of spray tan is spray tans.

Words near spray tan in the dictionary

  1. spray guns
  2. spray paint
  3. spray painted
  4. spray painting
  5. spray paints
  6. spray tan
  7. spray tanning
  8. spray tans
  9. spray-dried
  10. spray-dries
  11. spray-dry

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