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 (hastily or haphazardly)
  2. (colloquial) incompetently, half-assed

Synonyms
  • халту́рно (xaltúrno)
  • тяп да ляп (tjap da ljap)
  • и так сойдёт (i tak sojdjót)
  • кое-как (koje-kak)

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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