quick-and-dirty

American  

adjective

1. Informal. slipshod.

---

noun

1. Slang. greasy spoon.

Etymology

Origin of quick-and-dirty

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Here’s the quick-and-dirty on how to start practicing critical ignoring in the year ahead:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Here's the quick-and-dirty rundown on everything you need to know about tech politics this week.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023

In a sense, the use of commonplace properties when details are missing is a type of heuristic — it is a quick-and-dirty strategy that will often work well but sometimes fail.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021

The quick-and-dirty headline is Wall Street reacting to the North Korean nuclear test.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2016

To `hack up on' implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.