slap together

Cobble up quickly

To slap together is to assemble something quickly and carelessly, without much planning or attention to quality: I slapped together a presentation the night before.

The phrase suggests haste over craft—functional but rough.

What's slapped together might work, but it won't impress: They slapped together a website in an afternoon.

Related
  • createCause to exist
  • makeTo bring into being
  • messDisorderly, troublesome condition
  • jury-rigImprovise temporary repair
  • rushQuick sudden movement

improvise · wing it · on the fly · produce · assemble · shoddy · bodge · fabricate · makeshift · kludge · slapdash · whip up · haphazard · slipshod · jerry-build · cobble up · rough out · cobble

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Opposites
care and craftsmanship

slap togethercraft

Skilled manual art

handcraft · perfect · refine · polish · fine-tune

process and planning

slap togetherengineer

Technical design professional

architect · design · blueprint · think through · map out

time and deliberation

slap togethertake one's time

Act without haste

mull over · sleep on

Family

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G