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Definition of Slapdash

1. Adjective. Marked by great carelessness. "Sloppy workmanship"

2. Adverb. In a careless or reckless manner. "The shelves were put up slapdash"

3. Adverb. Directly. "Ran slap into her"

Definition of Slapdash

1. adv. In a bold, careless manner; at random.

2. 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.

Definition of Slapdash

1. Adjective. Done hastily; haphazard; careless. ¹

2. Adverb. In a hasty or careless manner. ¹

3. Adverb. Directly, right there. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slapdash

1. careless work [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slapdash

slap-headed slap-up slap and tickle slap bang slap bet slap down slap in the face slap on slap on the hand slap on the wrist

slap shot slap shots slap someone five slap together slapdash (current term) slapdashes slapdashness slapdown slapdowns slaphappier

slaphappiest slaphappiness slaphappy slaphead slapheaded slapheads slapjack slapjacks slappable

Literary usage of Slapdash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New English by T[homas] L[aurence] Kington Oliphant (1886)
"We see the source of slapdash in p. 67 ; " he is upon him, slap, with a repartee ; then he at him again, dash with a new conceit," p. 67. ..."

2. The Bookman (1899)
"Some of its slapdash was delightful. And besides slapdash there were honest essays in criticism, as keen and vivid as they were genuine; but these were ..."

3. Putnam's Magazine (1910)
""A man of words," said Slip and Slop; And slapdash said the same. But of all the poems in the book, none has been, or will be, more exploited than the one ..."

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