daub
daub Lexical Profile
daub Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Plaster, clay, or another thick substance used for coating a surface, especially when mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form walls.
"The medieval cottage was constructed using traditional wattle and daub."
A spot, smear, or splash of paint, mud, or another thick substance.
"The toddler left a bright daub of finger paint on the kitchen wall."
A crude, unskillfully executed painting.
"Critics dismissed the amateurish canvas as a worthless daub."
• verb
To thoroughly smear or carelessly coat a surface with a thick, sticky, or soft substance such as clay, plaster, mud, or paint.
"The children daubed their faces with bright stage makeup before the school play."
To paint crudely or without artistic skill.
"He spent the afternoon daubing away at a landscape in his garage."
• Rhymes for daub
Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English, from Old French dauber ('to coat with plaster or whitewash'), derived from Latin dealbare ('to whitewash'), from de- ('thoroughly') and albus ('white').