Definitions for graffiti

graffiti graf·fi·ti

Spelling: [gruh-fee-tee]
IPA: /grəˈfi ti/

Graffiti is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in graffiti (affgiirt).

Definitions for graffiti

noun

  1. plural of graffito.
  2. (used with a plural verb) markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like:
  3. (used with a singular verb) such markings as a whole or as constituting a particular group:
  4. Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
  5. a single example of graffiti.

Origin of graffiti

1850-55; Italian, plural of graffito incised inscription or design, derivative with -ito -ite2 of graffiare to scratch, perhaps influenced by presumed Latin

Examples for graffiti

graffiti was borne out of the South Bronx streets as one of the key pillars of the hip-hop movement.

Goldman is now dead, but his family still runs his business and maintains the graffiti wall.

The amount of graffiti on such a wall would depend on the commitment of its defenders.

Like most graffiti artists, she keeps a low profile and her identity is a secret.

There was a guardhouse at the front of the complex, but it was shuttered, abandoned, and graffiti tagged.

With reference to the graffiti, one singular circumstance mentioned by De Rossi is worth repeating here.

Two years later and sober, he was still acting out, facing 17 years for graffiti and vandalism.

We stayed two days at Eriosh to study the graffiti and tombs.

Ali Hamid's son took us the next day on fast-trotting camels to visit some graffiti on basaltic rocks about eight miles distant.

The walls341 of this passage are covered with graffiti and other records of pilgrims.

Word Value for graffiti
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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