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to freestyle

to freestyle

4 4.1
To perform music, dance, or speech without planning and make it up as you go
  • verb
  • /ˈfriːstaɪl/
  • Informal
translation icon : improvisar
  • In the recording studio, the artist often likes to freestyle his lyrics as inspiration strikes.
  • gonna freestyle

It's kind of like a rap where they'll freestyle stuff from the room.

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Examples

  • I could try and freestyle something while you're on the phone.

    Hellcat's Revenge II: Deadman's Hand (2019)

  • I can freestyle all right.

    Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)

  • OK, We'll freestyle and you say one line.

  • I write and then going to studio and then freestyle the rest of the song.

  • Does she always have to be in a car seat, or can she just, like, freestyle it?

    Brüno (2009)

  • So I jump in the booth and I freestyle and I come out.

  • It is so amazing how you can freestyle like that.

    Grown Ups 2 (2013)

  • They would come over, I'd freestyle, and they'd be into it.

    Blog text (12)

  • And as I grew older, I developed this kind of taste for being off the cuff, freestyling more, having fun with it, putting less thought into it.

  • During the talent show, she decided to freestyle her dance routine without any rehearsal.

Synonyms

to wing it
vsto freestyle
  • Informal
28 6.1

Do something without planning or preparation and improvise

focuses on unprepared performance specifically in arts rather than any task
to riff
vsto freestyle
  • Informal
10 6.3

To speak or play music by making it up as you go

is general for unplanned performing beyond primarily musical creativity
to ad-lib
vsto freestyle
8 6.8

To say or act without preparation

covers performing without set plans across music, dance, and speech
to improv
vsto freestyle
  • Informal
3 6.2

To perform without a script, making scenes or music on the spot

emphasizes doing performance acts without a set plan across forms
to lib
vsto freestyle
  • Informal
2 9.9

To make something up during a performance when not ready

applies broadly to performing without prior plans across the arts

How Improvised

to improvise
141 4.0
to freestyle
  • Informal
4 4.1
to perform
583 2.7
to rehearse
131 3.5

Surface Forms

freestyle infinitive
freestyled past
freestyled past participle
freestyling present participle
freestyles third person singular

Etymology

Freestyle as a verb comes from free ('without a plan') and style ('way of doing something'). To freestlye is to perform or speak without preparation, making things up as you go.