daub

Meanings

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

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

1. A surname.

Etymology

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”), which would make it a doublet of dealbate.