air-brush

A form of airbrush — A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.

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Meanings

verbair-brush (third-person singular simple present air-brushes, present participle air-brushing, simple past and past participle air-brushed)

present singular third person air-brushes · participle present air-brushing · participle past air-brushed · past air-brushed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of airbrush.

    Joseph Locke made a significant contribution to the development of railways in Britain. It seems strange, therefore, that his name has largely been air-brushed out of the history books.

    2023 August 23, David E Norris, “Joseph Locke: a railway injustice...”, in RAIL, number 990, page 57
nounair-brush (plural air-brushes)

plural air-brushes

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of airbrush.
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MLA

“air-brush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air-brush. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “air-brush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air-brush.

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