: 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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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
In the blocks surrounding City Hall and LAPD headquarters, buildings were scrawled in spray paint.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
The following year, two teens spray-painted the entrance door with swastikas.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Austin police used pepper spray balls and state police used tear gas when demonstrators began trying to deface the federal building with spray paint.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
In the blocks surrounding City Hall and LAPD headquarters, buildings were scrawled in spray paint.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Verb
Antioch released video footage last week of a man spray-painting the wall of a downtown building with a symbol associated with street gangs.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
The following year, two teens spray-painted the entrance door with swastikas.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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