spray paint
noun
paint that is packaged in an aerosol container for spraying directly onto a surface.
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spray-paintverb (used with object)to cover, mark, draw, or write with spray paint.
spray paint
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spray paints
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spray-paint
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American
[sprey-peynt]
/ ˈspreɪˌpeɪnt /
verb (used with object)
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of spray-paint
First recorded in 1965–70
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The Irvine Police Department has arrested a man suspected of vandalizing 13 Teslas with spray paint this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
After getting out a few cans of spray paint, something drew him to the manhole cover in the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
I mean, everywhere — there’s got to be a spray paint shortage at this point.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
The paint congeals and my spray paint spits out; it doesn't flow smoothly because it's frozen.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
Your tag is your name written with spray paint however you want it wherever you want it to be.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
There’s trees that they climbed … and I let them spray-paint the fences.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
Nicola Reynolds, who lives near the postbox on St. Vincent's Road, said she thought the new Creme Egg design was "terrible" and prefers the previous gold spray-paint.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
“Now, if they go out and they spray-paint a private jet in an airport in Europe, is that going to get those results? In my opinion, no.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
Unfortunately, some also spray-paint the rocks, which is more difficult to clear away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
One of the first things Kelley did was spray-paint over the Red Cross on his helicopter.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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