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The Collaborative International Dictionary
fingerpaint

fingerpaint \fingerpaint\, finger paint \finger paint\n. 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.

fingerpaint

finger-paint \finger-paint\, fingerpaint \fingerpaint\v. i. & t. To paint[1] with fingerpaint.

Syn: use fingerpaint.

Wiktionary
fingerpaint

n. A form of paint designed to be applied using the fingers, especially by children. vb. (alternative spelling of finger paint English)

WordNet
fingerpaint

n. paint that has the consistency of jelly [syn: finger paint]

Wikipedia
Fingerpaint

Fingerpaint is a kind of paint intended to be applied with the fingers; it typically comes in pots and is used by small children, though it has occasionally been used by adults either to teach art to children, or for their own use.

Usage examples of "fingerpaint".

I was sane or not, a place where you sat around all day whacked on thorazine instead of jungleberries and smeared fingerpaint all over yourself.

I was hoping to teach some art, but the Council's decided art isn't necessary for our present condition, so the closest I get is fingerpainting with five-year-olds.

The sun slipped below the horizon, fingerpainting the sky with intense colors.

Broad streaks of ordure, like a giant’s fingerpainting, ran crazily up the walls.

Every inch of skin was dried wipes and smears and swirls reminding me of fingerpainting again, her face a mush of splintered bone and battered tissue.