plural of Paint

Applied through paint or in a manner reminiscent of covering a surface with paint, such as applying too much makeup. / Of an article of clothing, very tight.

A painting done with oil paints. / (uncountable) The art of painting with oil paints. / (Britain, humorous, litotes, chiefly in the negative) A physically attractive person.

(art, uncountable) A genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image.

A technique for painting metal structures that have many holes or cavities; paint is sprayed through a grid of wires that forms one electrode onto the structure to be painted which forms the other electrode, and to which the paint particles are attracted.

A recreation in which a board containing a picture to be painted is made up of numbered areas, each number corresponding to a colour of paint to be applied.

(derogatory) A painting that is acquired to match a color scheme or furniture.

The technique of painting using the fingers instead of a brush. / A painting made using this technique.

present participle of finger paint

(Australia, idiomatic) pointless or futile work organised by the government, supposedly to increase employment but in fact merely disguising the unemployment level.