: 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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Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
On February 2, a Tesla dealership sign was vandalized in black spray paint.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
James Barron, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Graffiti was spray-painted on the Turnberry golf resort and the golf course was dug up.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The fire comes after a string of reports across Italy in recent weeks of Tesla vehicles being vandalized and defaced, with anti-Elon Musk and anti-Donald Trump sentiments written with spray paint.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
On February 2, a Tesla dealership sign was vandalized in black spray paint.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
That question occurred to legal scholars in recent weeks as the Police Department searched for two people who spray-painted a swastika on a Tesla parked on the Lower East Side.
—James Barron, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Graffiti was spray-painted on the Turnberry golf resort and the golf course was dug up.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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