GRAFFITI | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of graffiti in English graffitinoun [ plural or U ] uk /ɡrəˈfiː.ti/ us /ɡrəˈfiː.t̬i/ Add to word list Add to word list words or drawings, especially humorous, rude, or political, on walls, doors, etc. in public places: covered with graffiti The subway walls are covered with graffiti.graffiti artist Graffiti artists get to know one another from online chat groups, where they often share photos of graffiti they admire. A man was jet-washing graffiti off his front door.   v96joel/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages

• If you asked him he'd say graffiti are much less considered than the marks he makes.
• Graffiti was daubed on the walls.
• The memorial to dead soldiers had been defaced by graffiti.
• That graffiti is usually comissioned by the owner of the premises in an attempt to prevent their shopfronts being "tagged" with something they are not happy with.

Writing & typing

• agraphia
• asemic
• bang
• bang something out phrasal verb
• bash something out phrasal verb
• blank
• borrow
• contribute
• draw
• enter
• graphology
• keyboarder
• longhand
• misspell
• overdocument
• overplotted
• punch in phrasal verb
• purple prose
• put something/someone down phrasal verb
• writer

See more results » graffitiverb [ T ] uk /ɡrəˈfiː.ti/ us /ɡrəˈfiː.t̬i/ to write or draw graffiti on walls, doors, etc. in public places : They wanted to go out and graffiti the neighbourhood. She posed for a photo against a heavily graffitied wall.

• He didn't graffiti the local bus stop. He killed a defenceless man in cold blood.
• Later she compliments Randy for graffitiing his name on the side of the truck.
• On the graffitied streets, the prevailing mood is one of a community carrying on its daily business.

Writing & typing

• agraphia
• asemic
• bang
• bang something out phrasal verb
• bash something out phrasal verb
• blank
• borrow
• contribute
• draw
• enter
• graphology
• keyboarder
• longhand
• misspell
• overdocument
• overplotted
• punch in phrasal verb
• purple prose
• put something/someone down phrasal verb
• writer

See more results » (Definition of graffiti from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

graffiti | American Dictionary

graffitinoun [ U ] us /ɡrəˈfit̬·i/ Add to word list Add to word list writings or drawings made on surfaces in public places: Someone had painted graffiti on the entire wall. (Definition of graffiti from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of graffiti

graffiti Abandoned, burned-out cars sat beside walls covered with graffiti. From the Cambridge English Corpus The graffiti were reproduced in what looked like their original writing and language, each dated underneath like a signature. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their publicity campaign spawned numerous anti-government posters and graffiti on campus and in the city. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their covers often feature inferior copy quality (often photocopies), rudimentary typesets, graffiti lettering, and/or hastily written texts. From the Cambridge English Corpus A few years further down the track, it seems unlikely that many people will see the point of the graffiti artist's message. From the Cambridge English Corpus The hallways are clean, without graffiti, and violence-free, contrasting with the bleak and violence-ridden surrounding urban environment. From the Cambridge English Corpus The first alphabetic wordbooks were 'glossaries', compiled by searching for such academic graffiti. From the Cambridge English Corpus Rave tends to consist of fairly simple repeated phrases not unlike graffiti. From the Cambridge English Corpus The graffiti suggest a 1511-12 terminus for the binding of both layers. From the Cambridge English Corpus The most specific clues appear in graffiti on the volume's rear pastedown sheet, which is now attached to the binding of both layers. From the Cambridge English Corpus The result is an increasing problem with litter, archaeological sites damaged by graffiti, unplanned vehicle tracks, and an unsightly village. From the Cambridge English Corpus The most common reference here is to doing graffiti art in public spaces or on someone else's private property. From the Cambridge English Corpus I used to write graffiti. From the Cambridge English Corpus Of course, our efforts at visual communication seem rather primitive and more like early graffiti compared with the development of hieroglyphs or kanji characters for literary purposes. From the Cambridge English Corpus Which graffiti greatly amused the tourist? From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of graffiti?

Translations of graffiti

in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指寫畫在公共場合的牆或門上的幽默的、粗野的或政治性的）塗鴉，圖畫… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指写画在公共场合的墙或门上的幽默的、粗野的或政治性的）涂鸦，涂画… See more in Spanish grafiti, grafiti [masculine]… See more in Portuguese pichação, grafite, grafite [masculine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian （壁や公共の場の）落書き, 落書（らくが）き… See more duvar yazısı… See more graffiti [masculine], graffiti… See more pintades, grafits… See more graffiti… See more graffiti, malba na zdi… See more graffiti… See more grafiti… See more การวาดภาพหรือเขียนบนกำแพงในที่สาธารณะ… See more hình vẽ hoặc chữ viết trên tường… See more graffiti, napisy/rysunki na murze… See more klotter, graffiti… See more grafiti… See more das Graffiti… See more graffiti [masculine], graffiti… See more 그래피티, 낙서… See more графіті… See more scritte sui muri, graffiti… See more Need a translator?

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