Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, adv. [Slap + dash.]
1. In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]
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2. With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.] --Prior.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slapdash
adj : marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of
record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling";
"sloppy workmanship" [syn: haphazard, slipshod, sloppy]
adv 1: in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up
slapdash" [syn: slam-bang]
2: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
[syn: bang, slap, smack, bolt]
WordNet (r) 2.0
140 Moby Thesaurus words for "slapdash":
a corps perdu, accident-prone, aimless, airily, amain, any old way,
any which way, anyhow, apace, at once, breakneck, bunglingly,
by forced marches, careless, carelessly, casually, clumsily,
cursorily, cursory, designless, desperate, desperately, desultory,
devil-may-care, disregardfully, expeditious, expeditiously,
festinate, feverish, feverishly, flying, forgetfully, furious,
furiously, hand over fist, haphazard, haphazardly, happen what may,
harum-scarum, hastily, hasty, head over heels, headfirst,
headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head,
helter-skelter, hit and miss, hit or miss, hit-or-miss,
holus-bolus, hotfoot, hotheaded, hotheadedly, hurried, hurriedly,
hurry-scurry, immediate, immediately, impetuous, impetuously,
in passing, inattentively, inconsiderately, indiscriminate,
instant, instantly, irregular, last-minute, like crazy, like mad,
mad, madly, messily, messy, offhand, offhandedly, on the run,
on the spot, once over lightly, overeager, overeagerly,
overenthusiastic, overenthusiastically, overzealous, overzealously,
passing, pell-mell, perfunctorily, precipitant, precipitantly,
precipitate, precipitately, precipitous, precipitously,
promiscuous, promiscuously, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly,
ramble-scramble, reckless, recklessly, regardlessly, slam-bang,
slap-bang, sloppily, sloppy, slovenly, snap, speedily, speedy,
spot, superficial, superficially, swift, swiftly, tactlessly,
thoughtlessly, unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly, unmindfully,
unsolicitously, unthinkingly, unthorough, untidy, unvigilantly,
unwarily, urgent, wanton, wantonly, wild, wildly, with a rush,
with all haste, with dispatch, with haste
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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