"graffiti" meaning in English

See graffiti in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡrəˈfiːti/ [UK], /ɡrəˈfiti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-graffiti.wav [UK] Forms: graffiti [singular], graffitis or graffiti [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|3=graffiti}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Graffiti are drawings or words that are drawn illegally on something in a public place.
    Sense id: simple-graffiti-en-noun-fSETL9kc

Verb

IPA: /ɡrəˈfiːti/ [UK], /ɡrəˈfiti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-graffiti.wav [UK] Forms: graffiti [canonical], graffitis [third-person, singular], graffitied [past], graffitied [past, participle], graffitiing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. IF you graffiti something, you mark it with a surface with such drawings.
    Sense id: simple-graffiti-en-verb-6ncrCY0~
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