SLAPDASH


Meaning of SLAPDASH in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adverb

Etymology: slap (IV) + dash

1. : in a slapdash manner

the house was put together slapdash

2. : directly , right , smack

with a picture … slapdash on the middle of it — Ward Moore

II. adjective

: haphazard , slipshod , sloppy

the overture emerged as a slapdash affair, marred not only by a rough and uncalculated style but by technical inaccuracies — Winthrop Sargeant

a slapdash excursion which fails to do justice to the abilities of any of its three authors — D.L.Olmsted

III. noun

: slapdashness

the case is being built carefully, not with slapdash — Kiplinger Washington Letter

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.