тяп-ляп

Russian

Etymology

Reduplication of ляп (ljap), of onomatopoeic origin.[1] Compare тяпать (tjapatʹ), ляпать (ljapatʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌtʲap ˈlʲap]

Adverb

тя́п-ля́п • (tjáp-ljáp)

  1. (colloquial) willy-nilly, slapdash (hastily or haphazardly)
  2. (colloquial) incompetently, half-assed

Synonyms

  • халту́рно (xaltúrno)
  • тя́п да ля́п (tjáp da ljáp)
  • и та́к сойдёт (i ták sojdjót)
  • ко́е-ка́к (kóje-kák)

References

  1. ^ Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “тяп-ляп”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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