: 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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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
Visitors are encouraged to bring their own spray paint and leave a mark.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Gus Rey needed approximately 35 spray-paint cans of a particular shade of Bronco baby-blue, many more gallon-sized cans of paint than could squeeze into his car, and a scissor lift that swung him 25 feet in the sky.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
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Noun
White spray paint was used to deface the piece, according to FOX 11 Los Angeles.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
Visitors are encouraged to bring their own spray paint and leave a mark.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
Verb
The majority of those arrested were charged with misdemeanors as thousands of protesters marched in traffic, some spray-painting buses and squad cars.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Gus Rey needed approximately 35 spray-paint cans of a particular shade of Bronco baby-blue, many more gallon-sized cans of paint than could squeeze into his car, and a scissor lift that swung him 25 feet in the sky.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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