paint job
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act, or the result of painting or repainting something
noun
A modification to something which appears flashy or impressive but is actually superficial.
Example Sentences
- "His car has a great new paint job."
- "Hidden timber elements, lintels and roof tiles have also been replaced, in addition to gaining a new paint job and guttering drainage, and the removal of ivy that was damaging the exterior."
- ""Some seem to think that the Gun Metal Gray is just a "paint job", which it is not," wrote Konami's community relations operatives in a recent public forum post."
- "With a smooth screenplay from former Buffy: The Vampire Slayer writer, Marti Noxon, and a re-tooled story from original writer/director Tom Holland, Fright Night circa-2011 feels like more than a just shiny new 3D paint job."
- ""WeWork is nothing but Regus with a paint job—it's newer, cooler," said Frank Cottle, chairman of Alliance Business Centers, a large network of serviced offices. WeWork's valuation, he said, "makes no sense.""
- "Their towering self-regard gives them the false belief that all their arguments – including the book's premise, which is just a repackaging of 18th-century Burkean conservatism with a faux-Darwinian paint job – are staggeringly innovative."
Inflected Forms
Phrases
lipstick on a pig
Frequently Paired Words
lipstick on a pig