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slapdashed

slapdashed is the simple past and past participle of slapdash.

Meaning of slapdash

Verb

slapdash (third-person singular simple present slapdashes, present participle slapdashing, simple past and past participle slapdashed)

  1. (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
    • to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall

See all 5 meanings of slapdash

Adjective

slapdashed

  1. slapdash
    • […] it was slapdashed; the voices were feeble as if all the boys and men were in the grip of the influenza fiend (which was probably the case); the violins tore recklessly and relentlessly through the music […]1900, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art

Words formed from slapdashed

Questions about slapdashed

What does slapdashed mean?
Slapdashed means slapdash.
What is slapdashed the simple past and past participle of?
Slapdashed is the simple past and past participle of slapdash.
What part of speech is slapdashed?
Slapdashed is an adjective.

Words near slapdashed in the dictionary

  1. slap-up
  2. slapable
  3. slapback
  4. slapbacks
  5. slapdash
  6. slapdashed
  7. slapdashedly
  8. slapdashery
  9. slapdashes
  10. slapdashing
  11. slapdashness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slapdashed (page history and authors); slapdash (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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