slapdash

WOTD – 4 February 2007    

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈslæpdæʃ/

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Adjective

slapdash (comparative more slapdash, superlative most slapdash)

1. Done hastily; haphazard; careless.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:careless

Translations

done hastily

• Danish: forhastet (da)
• Dutch: gehaast (nl)
• Finnish: hutiloitu (fi)
• French: bâclé (fr)

• Norwegian: forhasta (no)
• Polish: niedbały (pl) m, niestaranny (pl) m
• Russian: поспешный (ru) (posp'éšnyj), небрежный (ru) (n'ebr'éžnyj)
• Swedish: hafsig (sv)

Adverb

slapdash (comparative more slapdash, superlative most slapdash)

1. In a hasty or careless manner.
2. Directly, right there; slap-bang.

   Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.

3. With a slap; all at once; slap.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)

Translations

in a hasty or careless manner

• Danish: jasket (da)
• Dutch: haastig (nl), nonchalant (nl)
• German: hopplahopp (de)
• Polish: byle jak

• Russian: наспех (násp'eχ), как попало (kak popálo), кое-как (koje-kak), торопливо (toroplívo)

Synonyms

• (in a hasty manner): carelessly, haphazardly, hastily
• (directly): directly

Verb

slapdash (third-person singular simple present slapdashes, present participle slapdashing, simple past and past participle slapdashed)

1. (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.

   to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall

   to slapdash a wall