Slapdash

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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