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English Dictionary: slapdash by the DICT Development Group
3 results for slapdash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slapdash
adv
  1. in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash"
    Synonym(s): slapdash, slam-bang
  2. directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
    Synonym(s): bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt
adj
  1. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
    Synonym(s): haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, adv. [Slap + dash.]
      1. In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]
  
      2. With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.] --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, v. t.
      To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or
      rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint
      on a wall, or to slapdash a wall. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
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