Definition of daub

• v. t. - To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
• v. t. - To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
• v. t. - To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
• v. t. - To flatter excessively or glossy.
• v. t. - To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
• v. i. - To smear; to play the flatterer.
• n. - A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
• n. - A picture coarsely executed.