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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
/ ɡæˈھːپː /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- graffitist noun
- ˈھپ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of graffiti1
Example Sentences
Overnight graffiti in Bangor, County Down and on an unoccupied house in Chadwick Street in south Belfast are being treated as race-motivated hate crimes, the police said.
On Thursday, dozens of volunteers scrubbed graffiti from the sandstone walls of the Japanese American National Museum.
State workers cleaned up the graffiti spray painted on buildings and sidewalks the night before with no interference from the protesters, other than a few saying, “Hey, that’s artwork not graffiti.”
Wednesday to survey the graffiti and aftermath of days of protests.
The Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo suffered a significant amount of graffiti.
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