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daub

Pronunciation: /dɔːb/
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Definition of daub

verb

[with object]
  • carelessly coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance:the walls were daubed with splashes of paint
  • spread (a thick or sticky substance) on a surface in a careless or clumsy way:a canvas with paint daubed on it
  • paint (words or drawings) on a surface in a careless or clumsy way:they daubed graffiti on the walls

noun

  • 1a patch or smear of a thick or sticky substance:a daub of paint
  • a painting executed without much skill: she stuck the painting up alongside the daubs made by her children
  • 2 [mass noun] plaster, clay, or another substance used for coating a surface, especially when mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall: wattle and daub

Derivatives

dauber

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French dauber, from Latin dealbare 'whiten, whitewash', based on albus 'white'

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Definition of daub in the US English dictionary
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