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fingerpaint

fingerpaint

3.5
Thick paint that children spread with their fingers
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪŋɡərpeɪnt/
translation icon : pintura de dedos
  • These mitts use Fingerpaints, self-striping sock yarn.
  • fingerpaint with your child

Examples

  • It's therapeutic in the same way a patient in an institution is given fingerpaints.

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  • Children love to create colorful pictures using fingerpaint during art class.

  • My little brother enjoys using fingerpaint to make messy but fun art projects at home.

  • We decided to fingerpaint on large sheets of paper to decorate the living room.

Synonyms

finger paint
vsfingerpaint
  • Baby Talk
1 1.8

A soft colored paste children use with their fingers to make pictures

is written as one word and means exactly the same thing

Surface Forms

fingerpaint singular
fingerpaints plural

Morphology

fingerpaint = finger + paint (transparent) = finger + paint

Direct compound of 'finger' + 'paint' referring to paint intended to be spread with fingers (children's art material), so the meaning is straightforwardly derived.

Etymology

Fingerpaint comes from the words finger and paint, so it literally means 'paint for fingers'. That's why fingerpaint is the thick, safe paint children spread with their fingers.