daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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He and his friends are daubing the outside walls with colorful cartoons, flowers and abstract designs, some in fluorescent paint that shines in the daylight.
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