How to pronounce daub

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What daub means

verb

To smear paint or mud on in rough, careless strokes

In a sentence: The little kids daubed blue paint all over the cardboard castle.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word meaning to whitewash or plaster. That word probably comes from a Latin word meaning to make something completely white.

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