slapdash

[ slap-dash ]
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adverb
  1. in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.

adjective
  1. hasty and careless; offhand: a slapdash answer.

Origin of slapdash

1
1670–80; slap1 (adv.) + dash1

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British Dictionary definitions for slapdash

slapdash

/ (ˈslæpˌdæʃ) /


adverb
  1. in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner

adjective
  1. careless, hasty, or haphazard

noun
  1. slapdash activity or work

  2. another name for roughcast (def. 1)

Origin of slapdash

1
C17: from slap + dash 1

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