spray paint
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3.0
- noun
- /spreɪ peɪnt/
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pintura en spray
- Why did the woman just happen to have a can of spray paint with her?
- a spray paint can
OK, just taking a look at this coat of spray paint, it looks, it looks pretty dry.
- OK, just taking a look at this coat of spray paint, it looks, it looks pretty dry.
- And maybe tack on some budget for a can of spray paint.
- Yeah, with my sister's fucking rock hard pigtail like this, you're covered in spray paint.
Examples
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Someone had scrawled "Race Masters" with spray paint on the old plaster walls.
Fiction book (2000) -
How can you clean spray paint with Windex?
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Do we have spray paint in the building?
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Do you sell spray paint?
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OK, just taking a look at this coat of spray paint, it looks, it looks pretty dry.
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And they had some cans of spray paint.
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Now, I used three coats of base spray paint on it, three cans.
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The word "taxi" had been scrawled along the side of the vehicle with spray paint.
Fiction book (1991) -
Roy tucked the can of spray paint under his arm.
Fiction book (1993) -
We used green spray paint to refresh the garden benches.
Synonyms
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1.0
A coloured liquid you put on surfaces to protect or decorate them
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Morphology
The meaning 'to apply paint using an aerosol spray can' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'spray' (to disperse liquid) with 'paint' (pigmented coating); the phrase is a literal compositional combination. This construction is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Spray paint The noun spray paint comes from the way paint is sent out in a fine spray or mist from a can or gun. So the word means 'paint' that you buy and use by spraying it onto a surface.