graffiti

UK /ɡɹəˈfiː.ti/ US /ɡɹəˈfi.ti/

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

political, racist

QUANT

piece

VERB + GRAFFITI

daub, draw, scrawl, scribble, spray, write

Teenagers sprayed graffiti across the bridge during the night.

be covered with, be daubed with, be sprayed with

The subway wall was sprayed with colorful graffiti by local artists last weekend.

GRAFFITI + NOUN

artist

The young graffiti artist painted colorful murals on the walls of the old warehouse.

Definitions

noun

Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.

The underpass is a popular place for graffiti artists.

The city council spends thousands of pounds removing graffiti from public buildings.

Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.

verb

To mark a surface with such images.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls

graffito

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The underpass is a popular place for graffiti artists.

Wiktionary

The city council spends thousands of pounds removing graffiti from public buildings.

Wiktionary

The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.

Wiktionary

The wall was covered with graffiti.

Tatoeba · #320272

It's not graffiti; it's Banksy!

Tatoeba · #700666

Who do you think wrote that graffiti on the wall?

Tatoeba · #954651

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