Definition of SLAPDASH

slapdash

Plural: slapdashes

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by great carelessness
    • "slapdash work"

Adverb

  • in a careless or reckless manner
    • "the shelves were put up slapdash"
  • directly

Adj

  • Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.

Adv

  • In a hasty or careless manner.
  • Directly, right there; slap-bang.
  • With a slap; all at once; slap.

Verb

  • To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.

Noun

  • Hasty and careless work; done without thought.

Examples

  • His SLAPDASH play in Words With Friends cost him the game, as he left a triple open.
  • to slapdash a wall
  • to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
  • Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.

Origin / Etymology

From slap + dash. First attested in the late 17th century, meaning "careless".

Scrabble Score: 14

slapdash: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
slapdash: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
slapdash: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

slapdash: valid Words With Friends Word