Usually means: Improvise speech or action spontaneously.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word ad-lib:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. ad-lib: Merriam-Webster
  2. ad-lib: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ad-lib, ad-lib: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ad-lib: Vocabulary.com
  5. ad-lib: Wordnik
  6. ad-lib: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. ad-lib: Wiktionary
  8. ad-lib: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ad-lib: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ad-lib: Dictionary.com
  11. ad-lib: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Ad-lib: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. ad-lib: Rhymezone
  14. ad-lib: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. ad-lib: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ad-lib: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ad-lib: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. ad-lib: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ad-lib: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ad-lib: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. ad-lib: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  remark made spontaneously without prior preparation ("His ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians")
verb:  perform without preparation
adjective:  with little or no preparation or forethought ("His ad-lib comments showed poor judgment")
adjective:  said or done without having been planned or written in advance ("He made a few ad-lib remarks")

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