English Explanatory Dictionary

slatter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress and neatness.
  2. To be wasteful.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

slatter slatters slattering slattered

Etymology

From English dialectal slat (“to throw or dash about”), from Middle English sclatten, skleatten (“to flap”), from Old English slǣtan (“to sic”) and/or Old Norse sletta (“to slap, dash”) + -er.

Derived words

slattery slattern
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