slap dashing

noun

slab dashing.

Origin of slap dashing

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby slap dashing

slant-top, slanter, slantwise, slap, slap bass, slap dashing, slap down, slap in the face, slap on the back, slap on the wrist, slap shot

Example sentences from the Web for slap dashing

  • And he was proud as a boy of the simple bit of slap-dashing, and entirely absorbed in it and the pork-pie.

    The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] |Richard Le Gallienne

  • So he goes on slap-dashing about, shuttle-cocking back every new delivery, saying "Pish!"

    A Likely Story |William De Morgan