spray paint

¹

noun

1. paint that is packaged in an aerosol container for spraying directly onto a surface.

spray-paint

²

[ sprey-peynt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to cover, mark, draw, or write with spray paint.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spray paint¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

When that woman is holding a spray paint can, the potential threats multiply.

From Ozy

“How do you like the s--- on the carpets,” read the spray paint in the dining room.

From Washington Post

On Halloween a few years ago, I threw on a tuxedo and crafted a makeshift Oscar statue out of aluminum foil and gold spray paint—a nod to Free Solo’s Academy Award win, which Jimmy codirected.

From Outside Online

Krylon was first when it introduced its Fusion for Plastic spray paint in 2004.

From Washington Post

The next morning, Martin and other museum staffers picked up rubber bullets, spray paint cans and protest signs from the streets outside.

From Washington Post

Brown has taken on legendary status in Ferguson, as the spray paint marking the spot where he died indicates.

From The Daily Beast

Gordon picked up a pair secondhand and began to stencil then onto blank canvases with spray paint.

From The Daily Beast

Amid the spray-paint stains she had stenciled the Design Office logo.

From The Daily Beast

Grab a broomstick, spray paint that gray, and attach it to the bouncy ball.

From The Daily Beast

He was arrested multiple times holding a can of spray paint with his hands and mouth “smeared with the stuff.”

From The Daily Beast

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