spray tan

noun

A tan produced on the skin for cosmetic purposes by applying a chemical mixture (often dihydroxyacetone).

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Meanings

nounspray tan (countable and uncountable, plural spray tans)

plural spray tans

  1. countableuncountableA tan produced on the skin for cosmetic purposes by applying a chemical mixture (often dihydroxyacetone).

    After Trump won three straight contests and looked to claim the nomination on Super Tuesday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio decided to fight slime with slime. He taunted Trump over his made-in-China ties and his spray tan.

    2016 February 29, Ron Fournier, “How to Bully a Bully”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2016
  2. countableuncountableThe mixture itself.
verbspray tan (third-person singular simple present spray tans, present participle spray tanning, simple past and past participle spray tanned)

present singular third person spray tans · participle present spray tanning · participle past spray tanned · past spray tanned

  1. alternativeAlternative form of spray-tan.

Translations

German Bräunungsspray
  • Bräunungsspraynoun
Polish samoopalacz w sprayu
  • samoopalacz w sprayunoun
Spanish bronceado/bronceamiento en/con aerosol
  • bronceado/bronceamiento en/con aerosolnoun
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APA

spray tan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spray%20tan

MLA

“spray tan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spray%20tan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spray tan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spray%20tan.

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