to improv
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6.2
- verb
- /ˈɪmprɑv/
- Informal
:
improvisar
- The musicians often improv during their jam sessions, creating unique melodies on the spot.
- just improv
Don't never tell us that we improv everything from that first take.
- Don't never tell us that we improv everything from that first take.
- So when stuff goes wrong I don't really know how to improv.
- Let me tell you what I have, and I'm happy to try to improv jazz the day in the life.
- Now that doesn't say there's room, there's no room for changes or improvising.
- So we do it and he he keeps we're improvising.
- Think about and and we don't do scripts, it's improvised.
- I'm Bubbles, and I'm just as tough as Blossom and Buttercup at Improvising voices.
- Now, in terms of things that are scripted, it's a little bit of acting on stage, but you also improv, do improv some of your lines or you workshop it.
- OK, but that part where I was asked to condemn Putin, but instead I improvised a surrealist slam poem about Hillary's e-mail server nailed it.
- So those ideas I can use when I'm improvising and even when I'm soloing Now, the quintuplets stuff, triplets are easy, right?
Examples
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During the rehearsal, the actors had to improv their lines when the script was lost.
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Did I see you the other night at the Comedy Factory doing, like, improv skits?
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We're gonna improv the whole thing.
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So what we're gonna do is we're gonna improv a lot of it.
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Now let's improv like we know what we're doing.
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We would improv some stuff and Mitch would be like "What do you think?"
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And so they have a real rapport together, and they like to improv a lot.
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With your experience, we think you'd be perfect to improv with the other actors.
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Let's improv.
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In order to make the scene more lively, the director encouraged them to improv during the performance.
Synonyms
141
4.0
Do something without planning, using what you have
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6.1
Do something without planning or preparation and improvise
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6.3
To speak or play music by making it up as you go
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6.8
To say or act without preparation
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4.1
To perform music, dance, or speech without planning and make it up as you go
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9.9
To make something up during a performance when not ready
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9.0
To make or do something without planning
How Spontaneous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Improv as a verb comes from im- 'not' and provis 'prepared', the same part you see in provide. So to improv is to do something 'not prepared' and make it up as you go, like when a comedian keeps going without a plan.