: 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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Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Carol led me to a cramped room full of tools and equipment for testing deposition manufacturing—building things by depositing one or more layers of material, as with a can of spray paint or a 3-D printer.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
Police there recently arrested a 62-year-old in connection to vandalism incidents in which Asian slurs were spray-painted across Min’s campaign signs.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Noun
More:Goodman Acker law firm in Southfield vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti, spray paint
Other antisemitic incidents have been reported in the state, too.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Carol led me to a cramped room full of tools and equipment for testing deposition manufacturing—building things by depositing one or more layers of material, as with a can of spray paint or a 3-D printer.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Verb
Anti-war graffiti was spray-painted around Poland, and surveillance cameras were placed along railway tracks transporting humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
Police there recently arrested a 62-year-old in connection to vandalism incidents in which Asian slurs were spray-painted across Min’s campaign signs.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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