What does lash-up mean?
Lash-up means (informal) A crude improvisation or bodged effort..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) A crude improvisation or bodged effort..
The home-made raft was a lash-up, but it floated.
It is, in mitigation, a faintly understandable confusion, the films having become down the decades such a lash-up of stylistic tics, fashion anachronisms, "humour", believable gunplay, cartoon violence and casual sexism that it's a wonder anyone can remember the Bond of the books as opposed to the brand Bond.
When a six-car Class 158 lash-up arrives at Platform 17, I have to take refuge behind a post to avoid getting swept away by a tsunami of disembarking passengers.
Use lash-up when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lash-up means (informal) A crude improvisation or bodged effort..
Common synonyms include band-aid, band-aid solution, bodge, cludge.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The home-made raft was a lash-up, but it floated.
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