Clues for the word "DAUB"
We've had 102 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 314 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on August 12, 2026.
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.
Referring Clues
- Brush carelessly
- Coat, as with plaster
- Coat with plaster, say
- Paint amateurishly
- Slap on
- Spread (on)
- Paint without trying to stay within the lines, say
- Smear
- Paint crudely
- Paint unskillfully
- Apply carelessly, as paint
- Plaster
- Smear (on)
- Paint none too delicately
- Apply crudely, as paint
- Finger-paint
- Apply crudely
- Fingerpaint
- Paint carelessly
- Apply, as fingerpaint
- Use fingerpaint
- Cover with mud
- Paint poorly
- Do some fingerpainting
- Smirch
- Produce amateurish art
- Unskillfully apply
- Paint haphazardly
- Paint like an amateur
- Use finger paint
- Apply, as plaster
- Apply artlessly
- Smear with grease or mud, e.g.
- Apply paint hastily
- Blot
- Smear with grease or mud
- Apply plaster
- Apply amateurishly
- Apply haphazardly, as paint
- Wipe, as tears
- Slap on, as paint
- Do some crude painting
- Do some finger-painting
- Paint
- Paint, in a way
- Apply a mudpack
- Apply in a slapdash way
- Do fingerpainting
- Apply finger paints
- Apply fingerpaint
- Color crudely
- Use fingerpaints
- Smear on, as paint
- Amateur painting
- Apply, as finger paint
- Paint badly
- Coat with plaster
- Apply roughly
- Paint ineptly
- Apply haphazardly
- Poorly painted picture
- Paint with a sponge
- Dilettante's painting
- Amateurish painting
- Besmear
- Defile
- Paint coarsely
- Put a coat on sloppily, say
- Slap (on), as cologne
- Smear, as paint
- Put on any old way
- Apply makeup, for example
- Lay it on thick, as paint
- Apply sloppily
- Apply paint with a sponge
- Apply, as plaster or paint
- Paint hastily
- Smear roughly
- Unskilful painting
- Smear carelessly
- Crude painting
- Expert admitting university's poor work
- Paint like a toddler
- A bud's botched in bad painting
- Crude picture of fish swallowing half of us
- Cover with broad strokes
- Apply finger paint
- Apply makeup
- Besmear, as a canvas
- Apply with a spatula, say
- Paint like a preschooler
- Amateurish painting technique
- Paint smear
- Paint incompetently
- Bad painting of a bud, possibly
- Paint sloppily
- Smear on sloppily
- Smear on, as makeup
- Apply messily
- Paint messily
- Mark on a bingo card
- Haphazardly smear on
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 12, 2026
- Daily American - August 04, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - June 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 02, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 28, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 02, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - April 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 07, 2026
- Daily American - March 09, 2026
- Daily American - January 07, 2026
- Daily American - December 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 23, 2025
- New York Times - October 05, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 13, 2025
- Daily American - September 01, 2025
- Daily American - August 04, 2025
- Daily American - July 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 28, 2025
- Daily American - May 27, 2025
- LA Times - April 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 16, 2025
- USA Today - March 15, 2025
- LA Times - February 12, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 19, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 18, 2025
- Daily American - January 12, 2025
- And in 284 more crossword puzzles...