Spread (on) (4 letters)

{ Answer }

DAUB

{ Related Clues }

Coat, with "on"
Fingerpainting
Plaster
Slap on
Smear
Smear (on)
Apply ointment
Apply roughly
Brush carelessly
Coat, as with plaster
Crude painting
Do fingerpainting
Paint amateurishly
Paint crudely
Paint messily
Paint poorly
Paint on Sundays
Paint unskillfully
Plaster; smear
Apply carelessly, as paint
Apply paint crudely
Coat with plaster, say
Do finger painting
Paint none too delicately

{ Tags }

apply, carelessly, coat, crudely, daub, delicately, do, finger, fingerpainting, none, paint, painting, plaster, poorly, say, slap, smear, spread, sundays, too, unskillfully

{ Notes }

The answer DAUB is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.

{ Definition }

DAUB as a noun:

1. material used to daub walls

2. (smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur) = a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

3. an unskillful painting

DAUB as a verb:

1. (plaster, daub) = coat with plaster; "daub the wall"

2. apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"

3. (daub, smear) = cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"