: paint that is sprayed onto a surface from a hand-held can
a can of spray paint
spray-painted; spray-painting; spray-paints
: to paint (something) with paint that is sprayed from a can or sprayer
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Debbie Wolfe, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
The text looks like it was applied with spray paint and a stencil.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2025
Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The incident came a day after an environmental activist group spray-painted the famous Wall Street Charging Bull.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Use string, stakes, or spray paint to clearly mark the planting area.
—Debbie Wolfe, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
The text looks like it was applied with spray paint and a stencil.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
In a federal criminal complaint that was unsealed on April 24, the F.B.I. said that the man, Regan Prater, 27, set fire to the main offices of the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tenn., near Knoxville, and spray-painted an Iron Guard cross on the pavement outside.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The incident came a day after an environmental activist group spray-painted the famous Wall Street Charging Bull.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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