slap together
phrasal verb
slapped together; slapping together; slaps together
informal
: to create (something) by putting parts together in a quick or careless way
I slapped a sandwich together as I was running out the door.
The company slapped together a website and then waited for the customers to come pouring in.
Examples of slap together in a Sentence
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The Pentagon cannot afford to always blast $20,000 drones slapped together in a garage with multimillion-dollar missiles that take weeks to manufacture.
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
Whipping winds can cause the lines to slap together, shedding small balls of superhot molten metal.
—Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
Additionally, its menus look bland and dull, seemingly slapped together to make the mode playable.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
The crowd whooped, furiously slapping together their bambams. ::
(Eugene Hoshiko / Associated Press)
Oshu, a semi-rural city of around 114,000, is not exactly a tourist hot spot.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Now that stores only sell clothes that have been slapped together from plastic sheeting and surgical staples in fast-fashion gulags, what used to be considered basic construction — stuff like finished seams and sturdy material — becomes downright luxurious in comparison.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2024
Measure, Measure, Measure The difference between a space that looks slapped together versus one that feels curated?
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 24 June 2024
The water tank supplied by the Border Patrol was dry, prompting fights as Mr. Schultz scrambled to find more water – and slap together more PB&J sandwiches.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
The ad hoc studio was so slapped together, that at multiple points throughout the recording process, power for the entire building would blow out.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
Whipping winds can cause the lines to slap together, shedding small balls of superhot molten metal.
—Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
Additionally, its menus look bland and dull, seemingly slapped together to make the mode playable.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
The crowd whooped, furiously slapping together their bambams. ::
(Eugene Hoshiko / Associated Press)
Oshu, a semi-rural city of around 114,000, is not exactly a tourist hot spot.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Now that stores only sell clothes that have been slapped together from plastic sheeting and surgical staples in fast-fashion gulags, what used to be considered basic construction — stuff like finished seams and sturdy material — becomes downright luxurious in comparison.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2024
Measure, Measure, Measure The difference between a space that looks slapped together versus one that feels curated?
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 24 June 2024
The water tank supplied by the Border Patrol was dry, prompting fights as Mr. Schultz scrambled to find more water – and slap together more PB&J sandwiches.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
The ad hoc studio was so slapped together, that at multiple points throughout the recording process, power for the entire building would blow out.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Slap together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20together. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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