face paint

noun

: colorful makeup for drawing pictures on children's faces

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Zoom in: Coach Brad Underwood has built a program in Champaign that shows promise, so get your orange and blue face paint ready for March Madness. Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025 Della went for a spookier look in a Beetlejuice costume complete with dark face paint and a green wig. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024 The fish — a species of tilefish — appears to be wearing red face paint and thus has been named after San, a character from Princess Mononoke, a Studio Ghibli film. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2025 What to Know Chansley gained infamy for his horned helmet and face paint during the Capitol insurrection, becoming a symbol of the events that unfolded on January 6, 2021. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for face paint

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“Face paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face%20paint. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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