daub — OAT · Shobdo

daub

verb

he daubed a rock with paint |

they daubed blood on the walls:

bedaub, smear, plaster, bespatter, splash, stain, spatter, splatter, cake, cover thickly, smother, coat, deface;

slap;

literary besmear, befoul, besmirch, begrime.

noun

these modernistic painters who just splash on daubs of paint:

smear, smudge, splash, blot, spot, patch, pop, blotch, stain, mark;

informal splodge.