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slapdash


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slapdash  \Slap"dash`\,  adv  [Slap  +  dash.] 
  1.  In  a  bold,  careless  manner;  at  random.  [Colloq.] 
 
  2.  With  a  slap;  all  at  once;  slap.  [Colloq.]  --Prior. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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  slapdash  manner;  "the  shelves  were  put  up  slapdash" 
  2:  (informal)  directly;  "he  ran  bang  into  the  pole";  "ran  slap 
  into  her"  [syn:  {bang},  {slap},  {smack},  {bolt}] 




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