ad-lib
adj 1: said or done without having been planned or written in
advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [syn: spontaneous,
unwritten]
2: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib
comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano
recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit";
"an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound
offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few
unrehearsed comments" [syn: extemporaneous, extemporary,
extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff,
unrehearsed]
n : remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his
ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
v : perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at
the wedding" [syn: improvise, improvize, extemporize,
extemporise]
[also: ad-libbing, ad-libbed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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