Definition: slapdash

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.
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.