Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense spray paints, present participle spray painting, past tense, past participle spray painted
1. variable noun
Spray paint is paint bought in a special can which you spray on a surface by pressing a button on the top of the can.
The walls have been horribly vandalized with spray paint.
2. verb
If you spray paint a surface, you paint it using spray paint. If you spray paint something on a surface, you paint it on that surface using spray paint.
The youths are taught how to spray paint cars and mend fences. [VERB noun]
He spray-painted his name on the wall. [VERB noun + on]
spray paint in British English
or spray-paint (spreɪ peɪnt)
noun
1.
paint that is applied from an aerosol container
The walls have been horribly vandalized with spray paint.
verb(transitive)
2.
to paint something using an aerosol
The youths are taught how to spray paint cars and mend fences.
He spray-painted his name on the wall.
Examples of 'spray paint' in a sentence
spray paint
You can see cans of spray paint behind the portrait.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His body was found not long after two, next to the can of spray paint.