Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slapdash"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, adv. [Slap + dash.]
1. In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]
2. With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.] --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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 slapdash manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash"
2: (informal) directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap
into her" [syn: {bang}, {slap}, {smack}, {bolt}]
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