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