: 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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Conor Wight, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Try to make your coat of paint as smooth as possible, so that the brushstrokes don’t show through the napkin layers (spray paint is ideal here).
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
Their home was spray-painted with a threatening message and their phone numbers were leaked to scammers after the release of the information, the lawsuit said.
—Idaho Statesman, 27 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Officers allege in court documents that a woman attempted to vandalize ICE vehicles with spray paint — the crowd began forming as ICE attempted to detain her.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Try to make your coat of paint as smooth as possible, so that the brushstrokes don’t show through the napkin layers (spray paint is ideal here).
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
DeSimone claimed the officers were in an unmarked car with tinted windows and had pulled over after seeing a 14-year-old boy spray-painting graffiti on the sidewalk.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
Their home was spray-painted with a threatening message and their phone numbers were leaked to scammers after the release of the information, the lawsuit said.
—Idaho Statesman, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.
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