Usually means: Relying on instinct, not instruments.
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  1. seat-of-the-pants: Merriam-Webster
  2. seat-of-the-pants: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. seat-of-the-pants: Wiktionary
  4. seat-of-the-pants: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. seat-of-the-pants: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. seat-of-the-pants: Dictionary.com
  7. seat-of-the-pants: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. seat-of-the-pants: Urban Dictionary

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adjective:  (chiefly US, idiomatic) Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique.

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