ad-lib

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   with little or no preparation or forethought

   Their ad-lib comments showed poor judgment.

2. 2
   adj

   said or done without having been planned or written in advance

   The speaker opened with a few ad-lib remarks.

3. 3
   noun

   remark made spontaneously without prior preparation

   The candidates' ad-libs got them in trouble with the politicians.

4. 4
   verb

   to perform without preparation

   I ad-libbed the performance.

5. 5
   verb

   Alternative form of ad lib.

   Hope’s onstage ad-libbing generated more humor and attention than the show’s lacklustre libretto.

6. 6
   adj

   Alternative form of ad lib.

7. 7
   noun

   Alternative form of ad lib.