1. to coat or smear with a sticky or greasy substance
2. to paint crudely or carelessly

1. a crude painting or artwork
2. a sticky or greasy coating substance

Examples

• She daubed mud on the walls of the hut.
• The child daubed paint all over the canvas.
• He daubed sunscreen on his nose.
• The artist’s daub sold for very little money.
• There was a daub of grease on his shirt.
• Workers daubed the fence with tar.
• The amateur’s daub hung in the local café.