AD LIB meaning: Improvise spontaneously during a performance

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word ad lib:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

ad-lib, ad lib: Merriam-Webster
ad lib: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ad-lib, ad lib: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
ad-lib, ad-lib: Collins English Dictionary
ad-lib, ad lib: Vocabulary.com
ad-lib, ad lib: Wordnik
ad-lib, ad lib: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
ad-lib, ad lib: Wiktionary
ad-lib: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
ad-lib, ad lib: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
ad lib: Infoplease Dictionary
ad-lib, ad lib, ad lib: Dictionary.com
ad lib: Online Etymology Dictionary
ad-lib: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Ad Lib (album), Ad Lib (comedy show), Ad Lib (typeface), Ad-lib, Ad lib (disambiguation), Ad lib: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
ad-lib, ad lib: Rhymezone
ad-lib, ad lib, ad lib: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
ad-lib, ad lib: FreeDictionary.org
ad-lib, ad lib: Mnemonic Dictionary
ad-lib, ad lib: TheFreeDictionary.com
ad lib: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)

Ad lib: Radio Programming and Production

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

ad-lib, ad lib: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)

ad lib: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Ad lib: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
ad-lib, ad. lib, ad lib, ad lib: Medical dictionary
Ad lib: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

AD LIB: Acronym Finder
ad lib: A Word A Day
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

ad lib: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ad lib)

▸ adverb:  At pleasure.
▸ adverb:  At will.
▸ adverb:  As much as desired, to one's fill, without restriction.
▸ adverb:  Extemporaneously.
▸ adjective:  Extemporaneous, impromptu.
▸ noun:  (acting) An instance of something improvised, especially a line.
▸ noun:  (music, chiefly hip-hop) Improvised vocals added after the main vocals have been recorded which serve to emphasize the rhythm or fill the lyrical bar line.
▸ verb:  To perform without script.
▸ verb:  To perform without preparation.
▸ verb:  To perform extemporaneously.
▸ verb:  (music, chiefly hip hop, intransitive) To perform ad libs; to improvise lyrics after the main lyrics have been recorded.
▸ verb:  (music, chiefly hip hop, transitive) To perform (lyrics) as ad libs.

Types:

freestyle, off cuff, ad-lib, more...

Adjectives:

content, proude, satisfactory, gratifying, pleased as punch, amene, satisfying, satisfactional, adulatory, pleased

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