Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A type of paint having the consistency of a thin paste or jelly, which is applied to a surface by dipping fingers into the paint and smearing the paint on the surface, usually in artistic patterns. It is used primarily by children.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of
paint designed to be applied using thefingers , especially by children. - verb Alternative spelling of
finger paint .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun paint that has the consistency of jelly
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Examples
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That’s why it’s called fingerpaint, she pointed out.
Devlin’s Light Mariah Stewart 1997
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There is something oddly flat and robotic about a world populated by people who only want to "hook-up" (or "fingerpaint" as the
TV Envy 2009
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We've seen everything from apps that regulate your jog with perfectly-timed tunes, sing along with your GPS, immerse you in an another world, sound like T-Pain, fingerpaint with sound, and tackle countless other tasks.
Eliot Van Buskirk: Untapped Apps: Shape the Future of Music Eliot Van Buskirk 2011
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Are we genetically programmed through evolution to make dumb choices, like propping up the Harper government, or were we made out of fingerpaint, flour-and-water paste and construction paper by a kindergarten god?
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Rather than looking like soot or rust from outer space, it looked like fingerpaint, like a prank gone very poorly.
365 tomorrows » Kathy Kachelries : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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If you don't get the print you want, wipe off the fish with a wet paper towel and go again. squirrelgirl: I think that fingerpaint would be too gooey unless they could be diluted with water ... sort of milk-consistency.
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We've seen everything from apps that regulate your jog with perfectly-timed tunes, sing along with your GPS, immerse you in an another world, sound like T-Pain, fingerpaint with sound, and tackle countless other tasks.
Eliot Van Buskirk: Untapped Apps: Shape the Future of Music Eliot Van Buskirk 2011
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If you don't get the print you want, wipe off the fish with a wet paper towel and go again. squirrelgirl: I think that fingerpaint would be too gooey unless they could be diluted with water ... sort of milk-consistency.
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All us folks who do art, create poetry and the like, we're just a bunch of little kids with our fingers in the fingerpaint.
Greg Archer: Chely Wright: GLAAD Is Vitally Important to the Community 2010
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All us folks who do art, create poetry and the like, we're just a bunch of little kids with our fingers in the fingerpaint.
Greg Archer: Chely Wright: GLAAD Is Vitally Important to the Community 2010
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