ad-lib


ad–lib

verb

Definition of AD-LIB

to perform, make, or do without preparation <had to ad-lib constructing a piñata because she'd never actually seen it being done>
Synonyms ad-lib, clap (together or up), extemporize, fake
Related Words concoct, contrive, cook (up), devise, fabricate, hatch, invent, make up, manufacture, think (up); cobble (together or up), dash (off)

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