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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As her hands slap together, the noise cuts through the tension, but the surrounding crowd falls into a sudden, almost oppressive silence.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
Getting one used to involve handing over cash for some laminated product slapped together by amateurs in a dorm room or a head shop.
—James Barron, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Often this meant handing over cash for some laminated product slapped together by amateurs in a dorm room or head shop.
—Kaja Andric, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The other ignition happened, the investigators said, when two wires slapped together, releasing molten metal into the vegetation.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
The Pentagon cannot afford to always blast $20,000 drones slapped together in a garage with multimillion-dollar missiles that take weeks to manufacture.
—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
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
Getting one used to involve handing over cash for some laminated product slapped together by amateurs in a dorm room or a head shop.
—James Barron, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Often this meant handing over cash for some laminated product slapped together by amateurs in a dorm room or head shop.
—Kaja Andric, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The other ignition happened, the investigators said, when two wires slapped together, releasing molten metal into the vegetation.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
The Pentagon cannot afford to always blast $20,000 drones slapped together in a garage with multimillion-dollar missiles that take weeks to manufacture.
—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
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“Slap together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20together. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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