spray paint

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noun

: paint that is sprayed onto a surface from a hand-held can

a can of spray paint

spray-paint

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verb

spray-painted; spray-painting; spray-paints

: to paint (something) with paint that is sprayed from a can or sprayer

Examples of spray paint in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Sometimes the Flock license-plate reader cameras were sprayed with pink spray paint; other times they were struck with bats, hit with BB guns, or simply unscrewed. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026

Refreshing tired pots with a coat of spray paint, a good cleaning or simply regrouping them in new arrangements can make a striking difference. —Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026

Verb

In recent months, swastikas and racial slurs were spray-painted outside an office in Boca Raton, and antisemitic language was etched into handrails at a local park. —Laurence Milstein, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

This incident comes just days after two out-of-state men were arrested for spray-painting antisemitic graffiti and swastikas on residential fences, an underpass and near businesses in Sterling Heights. —Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for spray paint

• acquaint
• complaint
• constraint
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• enceinte
• repaint
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• faint
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• maint
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• quaint