"quick-and-dirty" meaning in All languages combined

See quick-and-dirty on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-quick-and-dirty.ogg Forms: more quick-and-dirty [comparative], most quick-and-dirty [superlative]
Etymology: The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston Globe to describe a place to eat. The first use meaning "slipshod" was from 1939 in the gun-slinging, American Western fiction paperback, "Bounty Guns" by Luke Short. Head templates: {{en-adj}} quick-and-dirty (comparative more quick-and-dirty, superlative most quick-and-dirty)
  1. (idiomatic) Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: slipshod Translations (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate): quick-and-dirty (French), zgrubny [masculine] (Polish), zgrubna [feminine] (Polish), на скорую руку (na skoruju ruku) (Russian), на коленке (na kolenke) [informal] (Russian), грубый (grubyj) [masculine] (Russian), халтурный (xalturnyj) [masculine] (Russian), из говна́ и па́лок (iz govná i pálok) [vulgar] (Russian), cutre (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-quick-and-dirty-en-adj-2RPuivly Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 38 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 38 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 39 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 45 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 49 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 45 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 51 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 45 48 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quick and dirty

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-quick-and-dirty.ogg Forms: quick-and-dirties [plural]
Etymology: The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston Globe to describe a place to eat. The first use meaning "slipshod" was from 1939 in the gun-slinging, American Western fiction paperback, "Bounty Guns" by Luke Short. Head templates: {{en-noun}} quick-and-dirty (plural quick-and-dirties)
  1. (US, slang) An inexpensive, inelegant eatery; a greasy spoon. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-quick-and-dirty-en-noun-TjAU-NeA Categories (other): American English, English coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 34 46 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 58 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 45 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 49 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 45 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 51 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 45 48 6
  2. (idiomatic) A quick, temporary fix, estimate, or the like. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-quick-and-dirty-en-noun-P1Cnf-Xn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quick and dirty Related terms: rough-and-ready, shake and bake

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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