daub

WOTD - 27 March 2009    

English

Etymology

From Old French dauber (“whitewash”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɔːb/, SAMPA: /dO:b/
• (US) IPA: /dɑb/, /dɔb/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːb

Verb

daub (third-person singular simple present daubs, present participle daubing, simple past and past participle daubed)

1. To apply something to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.

   The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.

Translations

to apply something in hasty or crude strokes

Bulgarian: цапам (bg), мажа (bg) Czech: naplácat (cs) Finnish: sutia (fi) French: barbouiller (fr) German: klecksen (de), schmieren (de) Polish: pomazać (pl)

Russian: мазать (ru), малевать (ru) Scottish Gaelic: sloisir (gd) Spanish: manchar (es), untar (es), embadurnar (es) Turkish: acemice boyamak (tr) (acemīce boyamak), beceriksizce boyamak (tr), (literally) sıvamak (tr)

Noun

daub (plural daubs)

1. A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.
2. A crude or amateurish painting.

Translations

soft coating of mud, plaster etc

Bulgarian: мазилка (bg) f. German: Kleckserei (de) f., Schmiererei (de) f., Graffiti (de) n. Italian: crosta (it) f.

Russian: штукатурка (ru) (štukatúrka) f. Scottish Gaelic: spairt (gd) f. Turkish: çamur (tr), harç (tr), leke (tr)

crude or amateurish painting

Bulgarian: цапотене (bg) n. Czech: mazanice (cs) f. French: croûte (fr) f. German: Geschmier (de) n.

Italian: crosta (it) f. Russian: мазня (ru) (mazn'á) f. Turkish: acemice boyanmış resim (tr) (acemīce)

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Spanish: brochazo

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