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Slapdash

//ˈslæpdæʃ// adj, adv, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
"They had seen Poland, and that was the sort of slovenly, slapdash place they were used to, but once across the German frontier they found everything—crops, roads, buildings—uncannily different."

Adjective

1
marked by great carelessness wordnet

Adverb

1
In a hasty or careless manner.
2
Directly, right there; slap-bang.
"Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting."
3
With a slap; all at once; slap.
"And yet, slap dash, is all again In every sinew, nerve, and vein; Runs here and there, like Hamlet's ghost"

Adverb

1
directly wordnet
2
in a careless or reckless manner wordnet

Verb

1
To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast. colloquial
"to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From slap + dash. First attested in the late 17th century, meaning "careless".

Etymology 2

From slap + dash. First attested in the late 17th century, meaning "careless".

Etymology 3

From slap + dash. First attested in the late 17th century, meaning "careless".

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