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graffiti
[ gruh-fee-tee ]
noun
- plural of graffito.
- (used with a plural verb) markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like:
These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood's decline.
- (used with a singular verb) such markings as a whole or as constituting a particular group:
Not much graffiti appears around here these days.
graffiti
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plural noun
- sometimes with singular verb drawings, messages, etc, often obscene, scribbled on the walls of public lavatories, advertising posters, etc
- archaeol inscriptions or drawings scratched or carved onto a surface, esp rock or pottery
Usage Note
Derived Forms
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of graffiti1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of graffiti1
Example Sentences
There was also “extensive graffiti vandalism on the sandstone buildings and columns†with “vile and hateful sentiments that we condemn in the strongest terms.â€
When graffiti appears on the retaining wall below the freeway, she takes a photo and uploads it to MyLA311 to get it painted over.
Sam was lying in bed one morning when her tenant in a house she owned in Margate sent her a photo of a piece of graffiti that had appeared on the wall outside.
On the walls, someone had spray painted graffiti calling Alawites dogs and apostates.
Example: Judy Baca’s painting of an Olympic runner on the 110 Freeway near the 4th Street exit was whitewashed not by vandals but by an official transit graffiti removal contractor.
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