0 past simple and past participle of daub
1 to spread a thick or sticky liquid on something or to cover something with a thick or sticky liquid, often quickly or carelessly:
The head was in black and white, apart from bright red 'lipstick' and streaks of blue daubed onto the eyelids and dimples.
Miners not on strike have had the windows of their houses broken and the houses daubed.
They are not just seamen's homes—an 81-year-widow's home was daubed.
Swastikas were daubed on the holy ark, religious scrolls were ripped, trampled on and covered with paint.
The monument has been damaged and daubed with paint sixteen times to date, most recently just over a week ago.
Marketing is becoming increasingly professional and is moving from the technique of the daubed sign on the roadside.
Stonehenge has been daubed with paint, probably by students during rag weeks, five times in the last year.
Ten years ago, a man climbed up to an osprey's nest to steal the eggs, which he replaced with domestic hen's eggs daubed with brown boot polish.
