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lash-up

lash-up noun: a crude improvisation or bodged effort.

Noun

lash-up (plural lash-ups)

  1. (informal) A crude improvisation or bodged effort.
    • The home-made raft was a lash-up, but it floated.
    • It is, in mitigation, a faintly understandable confusion, the films having become down the decades such a lash-up of stylistic tics, fashion anachronisms, "humour", believable gunplay, cartoon violence and casual sexism that it's a wonder anyone can remember the Bond of the books as opposed to the...2013 October 7, Euan Ferguson, “Solo: A James Bond Novel by William Boyd – review”, in The Guardian

lash-up meaning in Tamil

lash-up in Tamil

பதம்பார்ப்பு மாதிரி

Synonyms of lash-up

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Forms of lash-up

plurallash-ups
alternative formlashup

Origin of lash-up

Deverbal from lash up.

Questions about lash-up

What does lash-up mean?
Lash-up means a crude improvisation or bodged effort.
What is lash-up in Tamil?
Lash-up in Tamil is பதம்பார்ப்பு மாதிரி. See Lash-up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lash-up?
Lash-up is a noun.
What is the plural of lash-up?
The plural of lash-up is lash-ups.

Words near lash-up in the dictionary

  1. lash out
  2. lash together
  3. lash up
  4. lash-curler
  5. lash-curlers
  6. lash-up
  7. lash-ups
  8. Lasha
  9. Lasham
  10. Lashawnda
  11. Lashawndra

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