slapdash
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slapdash
- /ˈslæpdæʃ/
Rhymes with -æʃ
Where it comes from
From slap + dash. First attested in the late 17th century, meaning "careless".
adjective more slapdash · most slapdash
- 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.
adverb more slapdash · most slapdash
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In a hasty or careless manner.
Similar: carelessly, haphazardly, hastily
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Directly, right there; slap-bang.
Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.
Similar: directly
- 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
verb slapdashes · slapdashing · slapdashed
- To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast. to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
Translations
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adj done hastily
| Español | chapucero |
|---|---|
| Português | feito nas coxas |
| Français | bâclé |
| Deutsch | schludrig, flüchtig, hopplahop, blindlings, oberflächlich, hudelig |
| Русский | поспе́шный pospéšnyj, небре́жный nebréžnyj |
adv in a hasty or careless manner
| Español | dicho rápido y mal |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | hopplahopp, schludrig, schlampig |
| Русский | на́спех náspex, как попа́ло kak popálo, кое-ка́к koje-kák, торопли́во toroplívo, неря́шливо nerjášlivo, на ско́рую ру́ку na skóruju rúku |
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title = {slapdash},
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