Definitions for Daub

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Daub daub

Spelling: [dawb]

IPA: /dɔb/

Daub is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in Daub (abdu).

Definitions for Daub

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 Daub

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 Daub

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.

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