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Definition of slap-happy in English: slap-happyadjective informal 1Cheerfully casual in a careless or irresponsible way. he possessed slap-happy courage Example sentencesExamples - Contrary to what my slap-happy friend might expect, Laura Doyle doesn't look like a monster - or a doormat.
- What's more, as individuals we tend to be very slap-happy about who's in and who's out of our own particular family.
- ‘We'll all have to be on constant code red to prevent him from exploiting me in one of his slap-happy sitcoms.’
- One year after being slapped down by Bush's re-election, why are Hollywood liberals being so slap-happy now?
Synonyms happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care, carefree, cheerful, breezy, easy-going, nonchalant, insouciant, blithe, airy, casual, irresponsible - 1.1 (of an action or operation) unmethodical; poorly thought out.
slap-happy surveying methods Example sentencesExamples - In an era of the steady, dour beat of half-court offenses and slap-happy defenses, this Carolina team sings a pretty nostalgic song.
- Community work has become a byword for slap-happy mismanagement of people's sentences.
- With a slap-happy attitude to hygiene, and a proclivity towards being ‘influenced’ by others, the sign is traditionally associated with scabies, lice and skin infections caused by contamination.
- We believe there will be a downward spiral with this Government's policy, because it is a slap-happy, haphazard policy that is trying to bring in 45,000-plus people.
- Mr Tyler said: ‘Many Gulf veterans who have developed serious illnesses since have given us evidence of administration of vaccines which was at best slap-happy and at worst irresponsible.’
- I would be deeply concerned if my very ability to exist in this country depended upon the slap-happy approach that has characterised Government IT projects to date.
- The band's slap-happy power chords now replaced by the real thing: minor A's and major G's, smoothed out under too many plinking piano leads.
Synonyms careless, slapdash, slipshod, lackadaisical, disorganized, haphazard, unmethodical, unsystematic, hit-or-miss, untidy, messy, thoughtless, inattentive, heedless, hasty, hurried slapdash, careless, slipshod, lackadaisical, hasty, hurried, disorganized, haphazard, unsystematic, untidy, messy, thrown together, last-minute, hit-or-miss, offhand, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, neglectful, remiss, cursory, perfunctory, lax, slack
2North American Dazed or stupefied by or as if by a series of blows to the head; punch-drunk. she's a bit slap-happy after such a narrow escape Example sentencesExamples - We're exhausted - and more than a little slap-happy.
- Yeah, I'm quite slap happy tonight!
- I could feel this slap-happy punch-drunk idiot grin appear on my face, widening exponentially.
- For several minutes, in my slap-happy, sleep-deprived state, I responded with lots of laughter and giggles.
Synonyms dazed, stupefied, punch-drunk, unsteady, wobbly
Rhymes crappie, flappy, gappy, happi, happy, nappy, pappy, sappy, scrappy, snappy, strappy, tapis, yappy, zappy |