Crossword clues for slapdash
slapdash
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, adv. [Slap + dash.]
In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]
With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.]
--Prior.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
Done hastily; haphazard; careless. adv. 1 In a hasty or careless manner. 2 directly, right there; slap-bang. 3 With a slap; all at once; slap. v
(context colloquial English) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
WordNet
adj. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" [syn: haphazard, slipshod, sloppy]
adv. in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash" [syn: slam-bang]
directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, smack, bolt]
Usage examples of "slapdash".
Trees grew out of their sides at slapdash angles, curving upwards, supported by vast buttress roots.
It could have been—probably was—just that smelly mullet-head with a slapdash plan and a lot of nerve.
Terekhov picked out the lucky Tomcat by the slapdash flying style of its pilot and turned to line up on him.
So the play became an incongruous mongrel slapdashed out of contradictory elements.