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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.
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