daub
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French dauber (“whitewash”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
daub (countable and uncountable; plural daubs)
- Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction (compare wattle and daub).
- A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
- A crude or amateurish painting.
Translations [edit]
soft coating of mud, plaster etc
crude or amateurish painting
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Verb [edit]
daub (third-person singular simple present daubs, present participle daubing, simple past and past participle daubed)
- 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 [edit]
to apply something in hasty or crude strokes