Meanings
nounspray paint (countable and uncountable, plural spray paints)
plural spray paints · alternative spraypaint
verbspray paint (third-person singular simple present spray paints, present participle spray painting, simple past and past participle spray painted)
present singular third person spray paints · participle present spray painting · participle past spray painted · past spray painted · alternative spraypaint
- To apply paint in the form of a spray, especially from an aerosol can.
Dopeness is not a catchprase to be memed on Twitter, tatted on a forearm, or spray painted on a city block.
2022 October 18, Charity C. Elder, “Preface: A Black Woman’s Gaze”, in Power: The Rise of Black Women in America, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 噴漆 /喷漆, 噴漆 /喷漆
- 噴漆 /喷漆 (pēnqī)paint applied in the form of a spray
- 噴漆 /喷漆 (pēnqī)apply paint in the form of a spray
Esperanto ŝprucfarbo, pistolfarbi
- ŝprucfarbopaint applied in the form of a spray
- pistolfarbiapply paint in the form of a spray
Finnish spraymaali, spraymaalata
- spraymaalipaint applied in the form of a spray
- spraymaalataapply paint in the form of a spray
- ruiskumaalataapply paint in the form of a spray
Norwegian Bokmål spraymaling
- spraymalingpaint applied in the form of a spray
Swedish sprayfärg, sprejfärg
- sprayfärgpaint applied in the form of a spray
- sprejfärgpaint applied in the form of a spray
- sprutmålaapply paint in the form of a spray
- sprutlackeraapply paint in the form of a spray
Cite this entry
APA
spray paint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spray%20paint
MLA
“spray paint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spray%20paint. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spray paint,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spray%20paint.
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