haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy
(adjective) marked by great carelessness; “a most haphazard system of record keeping”; “slapdash work”; “slipshod spelling”; “sloppy workmanship”
bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt
(adverb) directly; “he ran bang into the pole”; “ran slap into her”
slapdash, slam-bang
(adverb) in a careless or reckless manner; “the shelves were put up slapdash”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slapdash (comparative more slapdash, superlative most slapdash)
Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
• See also careless
slapdash (comparative more slapdash, superlative most slapdash)
In a hasty or careless manner.
Directly, right there; slap-bang.
With a slap; all at once; slap.
• (in a hasty manner): carelessly, haphazardly, hastily
• (directly): directly
slapdash (third-person singular simple present slapdashes, present participle slapdashing, simple past and past participle slapdashed)
(colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
to slapdash a wall
Source: Wiktionary
Slap"dash`, adv. Etym: [Slap + dash.]
1. In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]
2. With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.] Prior.
Slap"dash`, v. t.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
