Definitions for daubs

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daubs daub

Spelling: [dawb]

IPA: /dɔb/

Daubs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in daubs (abdsu).

Definitions for daubs

noun

1. material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
2. something daubed on.
3. an act of daubing.
4. a crude, inartistic painting.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud:
2. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something:
3. to smear, soil, or defile.
4. to apply, as paint or colors, unskillfully.

verb (used without object)

1. to daub something.
2. to paint unskillfully.

Origin of daubs

1275-1325; (v.) Middle English dauben Anglo-French, Old French dauber to whiten, paint Latin dealbāre, equivalent to de-, prevocalic variant of dē- de- + albāre to whit

Examples for daubs

The gas had left what appeared to be like a daub of soot on the ceiling.

The walls of the dormitory were constructed in what is well known as "wattle and daub."

After law school, she joined daub full-time, working as his legislative assistant on issues like health care and Social Security.

It is built of oak framework, filled in with “wattle and daub.”

A daub and a splash—no real trouble taken—and then you're expected to rave about it.

"His head's no'but a lump of puddin' and a daub o' pancake," thought Gubblum.

As for "wattle and daub" I could wish that it had never been invented.

He supposed he must think up something to daub on there—the poorer the better.

All the money you earn goes to buy a blue coat, and daub it with lace.

That she is, but daub took the phone call to Hill at face value.