: 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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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The cost of repainting a section of exterior wall at a nondenominational Christian church in Euless in order to fully erase a crude political critique in red spray paint is at the heart of a trial underway this week in a state district court in Tarrant County.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
The punishment verdict comes one day after jurors found Raunaq Alam guilty of criminal mischief but not a hate crime for spray-painting anti-Israel graffiti on a wall at the Uncommon Church in Euless.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
In searching his residence, authorities located a firearm, graffiti tools and spray paint.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The cost of repainting a section of exterior wall at a nondenominational Christian church in Euless in order to fully erase a crude political critique in red spray paint is at the heart of a trial underway this week in a state district court in Tarrant County.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Start by finding an interesting branch; tape off the base and spray-paint the top white.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
The punishment verdict comes one day after jurors found Raunaq Alam guilty of criminal mischief but not a hate crime for spray-painting anti-Israel graffiti on a wall at the Uncommon Church in Euless.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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