Standard Lemma guide

slapdash

adj · adv · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈslæpdæʃ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: S L AE1 P D AE2 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In a hasty or careless manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Directly, right there; slap-bang.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

With a slap; all at once; slap.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
  • to slapdash a wall

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

marked by great carelessness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a most haphazard system of record keeping
  • slapdash work
  • slipshod spelling
  • sloppy workmanship

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haphazard, slipshod, sloppy

Antonyms: none provided

7

adverb

Meaning 7

directly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he ran bang into the pole
  • ran slap into her

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bang, slap, smack, bolt

Antonyms: none provided

8

adverb

Meaning 8

in a careless or reckless manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the shelves were put up slapdash

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slam-bang

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: прибързан (pribǎrzan) — done hastily
  • Catalan: barroer — done hastily
  • Danish: forhastet — done hastily
  • Dutch: gehaast — done hastily
  • Esperanto: fuŝa — done hastily
  • Finnish: hutiloitu — done hastily
  • Finnish: juosten kustu — done hastily
  • French: bâclé — done hastily
  • German: schludrig — done hastily
  • German: flüchtig — done hastily
  • German: hopplahop — done hastily
  • German: blindlings — done hastily
  • German: oberflächlich — done hastily
  • German: hudelig — done hastily
  • German: schlampert — done hastily
  • German: schlampig — done hastily
  • Māori: tūpatokore — done hastily
  • Māori: kōkau — done hastily
  • Māori: mākūare — done hastily
  • Māori: hakirara — done hastily
  • Māori: hakurara — done hastily
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forhastet — done hastily
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forhasta — done hastily
  • Polish: byle jaki — done hastily
  • Polish: niedbały — done hastily
  • Polish: niestaranny — done hastily
  • Portuguese: feito nas coxas — done hastily
  • Russian: поспе́шный (pospéšnyj) — done hastily
  • Russian: небре́жный (nebréžnyj) — done hastily
  • Serbo-Croatian: šlampavo — done hastily
  • Spanish: chapucero — done hastily
  • Swedish: hafsig — done hastily
  • Swedish: slarvig — done hastily
  • Turkish: üstünkörü — done hastily
  • Azerbaijani: necə gəldi — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Azerbaijani: nətər gəldi — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Azerbaijani: başdansovdu — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Bulgarian: прибързано (pribǎrzano) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Bulgarian: небрежно (nebrežno) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Catalan: barroerament — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Danish: jasket — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Dutch: haastig — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Dutch: nonchalant — in a hasty or careless manner
  • German: hopplahopp — in a hasty or careless manner
  • German: schludrig — in a hasty or careless manner
  • German: schlampig — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Māori: tūpatokore — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Polish: byle jak — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Polish: niedbale — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Polish: niestarannie — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Russian: на́спех (náspex) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Russian: как попа́ло (kak popálo) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Russian: кое-ка́к (koje-kák) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Russian: торопли́во (toroplívo) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Russian: неря́шливо (nerjášlivo) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Russian: на ско́рую ру́ку (na skóruju rúku) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Russian: тяп-ля́п (tjap-ljáp) — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: šlampavo — in a hasty or careless manner
  • Spanish: dicho rápido y mal — in a hasty or careless manner