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ad-lib    Audio Help   [ad-lib, ad-] Pronunciation Key verb, -libbed, -lib·bing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
–verb (used without object)
2.to act, speak, etc., without preparation: Throughout the play he had to ad-lib constantly.
–adjective
3.impromptu; extemporaneous: ad-lib remarks to hecklers.
[Origin: 1915–20, Americanism; v. use of ad lib]

—Related forms
ad-libber, noun
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