daub

WOTD – 27 March 2009    

English

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Etymology

From Old French dauber (“whitewash”)

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔːb

Noun

daub (countable and uncountable; plural daubs)

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

Translations

soft coating of mud, plaster etc

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

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

crude or amateurish painting

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

• Italian: crosta (it) f
• Russian: мазня (ru) (maznjá) f
• Turkish: acemice boyanmış resim (tr)

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• Spanish: brochazo

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) (capam), мажа (bg) (maža)
• Czech: naplácat (cs)
• Dutch: kliederen (nl),kladschilderen (nl),besmeren (nl)
• Finnish: sutia (fi)
• French: barbouiller (fr)
• German: klecksen (de), schmieren (de)

• Polish: pomazać (pl)
• Russian: мазать (ru) (mázatʹ) impf., малевать (ru) (malevátʹ) impf.
• Scottish Gaelic: sloisir (gd)
• Spanish: manchar (es), untar (es), embadurnar (es)
• Turkish: acemice boyamak (tr), beceriksizce boyamak (tr), sıvamak (tr) (literally)

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