1. To put or spread a semiliquid substance such as mud, paint, or cream, on a surface in a crude, hurried, or irregular way: The boys daubed slogans all over the walls.
2. To paint or to apply paint crudely: The famous painted just daubed various colors of paint in a skilful manner and produced a fantastic painting!
3. Etymology: from Old French dauber, "to whitewash, to plaster", probably from Latin dealbare, from de-, "thoroughly" + albare, "to whiten" from albus "white".