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.

Any paint consisting of an emulsion of oil etc in water.

Alternative spelling of finger paint

Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle. / (informal) Cosmetics, makeup.

To paint using fingerpaint.

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.

To complete a painting by numbers kit / (figuratively) To perform something in the simplest way

(of a picture) Made from a painting by numbers kit. / (figuratively) By rote, without thought or creativity.

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.