adj
For a particular purpose.
n
Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.
n
Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.
n
Alternative spelling of ad hocery [Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.]
adj
Extemporaneous, impromptu.
adj
Characterized by doing something ad libitum.
adj
Alternative spelling of ad hoc [For a particular purpose.]
n
Alternative spelling of ad hocism [Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.]
n
Alternative spelling of ad hocery [Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.]
adv
Alternative form of ad hocly [Synonym of ad hoc; in an ad hoc fashion.]
adj
Improvised, or performed without preparation.
n
A person who ad-libs, particularly one who is well known for skill in ad-libbing.
n
Alternative spelling of ad hocery [Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.]
n
Alternative spelling of ad hocism [Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.]
n
Alternative spelling of ad hocery [Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.]
n
Alternative spelling of ad-lib
adj
Alternative spelling of at large
adj
(dated) impromptu, improvised, ex tempore or offhand
adv
Without deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.
n
(comedy) An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
n
(US, informal) extemporaneous speaking; a competitive event in schools and colleges in which students speak persuasively or informatively about current events and politics
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
n
(rare) That which is extemporaneous; something effortless but transient or superficial.
adj
(obsolete) extemporaneous
v
(transitive) To make or create ex tempore.
n
The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
v
(transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
adj
(role-playing games) Referring to a roleplaying game which does not use a formal system of rules.
v
To improvise; to act without a set plan.
v
(intransitive, especially in rap music) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.
v
To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.
n
(nonce word) Pronunciation spelling of connection. [(uncountable) The act of connecting.]
n
A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.
n
A particular format of improvised theater.
n
Improv (short for improvisation).
n
(by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
n
(informal) Improvisation.
adj
Able to be improvised.
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
adj
Having the nature of an improvisation.
n
A form of improvisational theatre performed with little predetermination of subject matter and structure, but with interaction with the audience.
n
a form of theatre in which the actors perform spontaneously, without a script
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
n
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
n
(rare) Alternative form of improvisation [The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously]
v
(rare, proscribed) Alternative spelling of improvise [To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.]
n
Alternative form of improvisatore [(poetry) An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.]
v
(idiomatic) To improvise continuously.
n
(art) A form of online theatrical improvisation acted out on social media.
adj
(music) involving improvisation
adj
(theater) Able to perform scripted material from memory, without need to refer to the text.
adj
(idiomatic) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu.
adv
(idiomatic) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.
n
(idiomatic) Something that is done, created, etc. only once, and often quickly, simply, or improvisationally.
adj
(rare, often humorous) temporary
n
A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic name.
n
(comedy) Improv (usually improvisational comedy) performed by a single improviser.
adj
Spontaneous; impromptu.
adj
Extemporaneous; off the cuff.
n
(comedy) Improv (usually improvisational comedy) performed by a duo.
n
(slang, jazz) A state in which the musician produces great improvization intuitively.
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