daub

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
2. (countable, uncountable) A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) A crude or amateurish painting.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
2. (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To flatter excessively or grossly.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
6. (transitive) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.

Synonyms

smear

plaster

paint

smudge

spread

apply

dab

scribble

bedaub

slur

spot

besmear

blot

coat

🧥

smirch

anoint

poor painting

cover

plastering

render

roughcast

make dirty

soil

moil

mortar

mud

overlay

parget

pat

pet

plasterwork

raze

rendering

rub

scarify

splash

squiggle

stain

sully

tap

tinge

whitewash

wipe

coat of plaster

cover over

rub on

smear on

coating over

stroke

besmear with

Translations

enduire

schmieren

barbouiller

embadurnar

crosta

manchar

untar

croûte

crépir

smeren

επιχρίω

mancha

verschmieren

kladschilderen

çamur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɔːb/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: daub

In summary

From Middle English daub (noun), from Middle English dauben (“to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”, verb), from Old Northern French dauber (“to whitewash; plaster”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealbāre (“to whiten thoroughly”).