n. 1. A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing thus caught and eaten. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cakes and ale, and flapdragons and mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christians night. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See how the sea flapdragoned it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small dog which is or can be fondled in the lap. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who does the bidding of another; a servile follower. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

adv. [ Slap + dash. ] 1. In a bold, careless manner; at random. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With a slap; all at once; slap. [ Colloq. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall. [ Colloq. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]