as in to smear
to rub an oily or sticky substance over
the toddler delightedly bedaubed herself with her mother's makeup
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One group inflated a giant disco ball, while another smeared themselves with body paint next to a line of rehearsing dancers.
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The costume—doofy top hat, smeared white paint—suggested full commitment to the bit.
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Mold still coats the walls along with holes in the ceiling.
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The original is coated in dark chocolate, though there is also now a milk chocolate version on shelves.
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In Park Slope, fans ended the day the way many New Yorkers did, celebrating with strangers over a pint in a city painted blue and orange.
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McCarthy doesn’t paint Alex and Ethan as perfect allies or perfect victims, instead choosing to explore the shortcomings in their friendship through mostly gender-neutral growing pains.
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“Bedaub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedaub. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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