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Slapdash

In a bold, careless manner; at random.

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Careless 84% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Careless 84% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bang 92% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bolt 92% connected

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resem…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Haphazard 92% connected

Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slam-bang 92% connected

With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slap 92% connected

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slipshod 92% connected

Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sloppy 92% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smack 92% connected

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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