Meanings
nounlick of paint (plural licks of paint)
plural licks of paint
- informalA visual redesign or revamp.
We've given our website a lick of paint.
1 more example
"It's far more than a lick of paint," says Southern's project director Alistair Hinze, who has worked across the project since it began.
2025 July 23, Richard Wilcock, “A new dawn for the Electrostars”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 25
Origin
Compare French coup de peinture.
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APA
lick of paint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lick%20of%20paint
MLA
“lick of paint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lick%20of%20paint. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lick of paint,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lick%20of%20paint.
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