: 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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Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Police used license-plate-detecting cameras to track the getaway vehicle across Colorado and observed it near a hardware store where a Hispanic man was observed stealing cans of black spray paint hours before the burglary.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025
In San Diego, multiple cars at a Tesla dealership had swastikas spray-painted on them earlier this week, authorities said.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Deputies recovered a can of yellow spray paint, a scale and a Crown Royal bottle from the scene.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Police used license-plate-detecting cameras to track the getaway vehicle across Colorado and observed it near a hardware store where a Hispanic man was observed stealing cans of black spray paint hours before the burglary.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
Two people have been arrested and are now facing state and federal charges tied to two separate attacks on a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colo., which involved throwing Molotov cocktails at the cars and, in one instance, spray-painting expletive-ridden messages on the showroom's windows.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025
In San Diego, multiple cars at a Tesla dealership had swastikas spray-painted on them earlier this week, authorities said.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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