ad-libv.

Brit.

/ˌadˈlɪb/, U.S.

/ˌædˈlɪb/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ad lib adv.

Etymology: < ad lib adv.

Originally U.S.

1. intransitive. To speak or perform extempore or without prior rehearsal; to improvise actions, words, music, etc., esp. in the course of a stage or broadcast performance. Also more generally: to improvise; to deal with circumstances as they present themselves.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or ad lib

to speak at one's (also the) fingers' end1607

extemporize1775

improvisate1817

improvisatorize1828

ad-lib1910

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or extemporize

extemporize1775

improvise1788

impromptu1802

fantasy1840

fake1895

ad-lib1910

busk1934

jam1935

noodle1937

1910 Washington Post 9 Oct. (Monthly Mag. section) 7/1 She had lost her voice. She was ‘adlibbing’ with the shears.

1934 J. Tobias Ready-made Family i. 18 (stage direct.) There is the sound of off-stage voices ad libbing as they approach.

1955 B. Green in N. Shapiro & N. Hentoff Hear me talkin' to Ya (1966) xix. 346 I remember starting to ad lib around an eight-bar thing he'd written up.

1977 Texas Monthly June 94/3 A lot of the essential ingredients in Norteño-style food have not been available to Texas cooks, who have in turn ad-libbed.

2004 Radio Times 3 July (Midlands ed.) 26/1 Because he had such a repertoire of rehearsed jokes, it never appeared that he was ad-libbing, even when he was.

2. transitive. To perform, say, or do by way of improvisation, or without prior rehearsal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > improvise or ad lib (about)

extemporize1818

improvisatorize1828

ad-lib1911

1911 Chicago Sunday Tribune 30 Apr. (Metropolitan section) 6/2 We wouldn't let her out until she sang everything she knew, and a few that she ad libbed.

1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 265 ‘Easy money, friends,’ Miss Hoag would ad lib. to the line-up outside her railing.

1963 Today 30 Nov. 18/4 Ringo ad-libs a beaty blues.

2009 N. Frankel Stripping Gypsy xix. 223 Gypsy ad-libbed the best lines all through the show.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ad-lib
释义	ad-libv. Brit. /ˌadˈlɪb/, U.S. /ˌædˈlɪb/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ad lib adv. Etymology: < ad lib adv. Originally U.S. 1. intransitive. To speak or perform extempore or without prior rehearsal; to improvise actions, words, music, etc., esp. in the course of a stage or broadcast performance. Also more generally: to improvise; to deal with circumstances as they present themselves. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or ad lib to speak at one's (also the) fingers' end1607 extemporize1775 improvisate1817 improvisatorize1828 ad-lib1910 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or extemporize extemporize1775 improvise1788 impromptu1802 fantasy1840 fake1895 ad-lib1910 busk1934 jam1935 noodle1937 1910 Washington Post 9 Oct. (Monthly Mag. section) 7/1 She had lost her voice. She was ‘adlibbing’ with the shears. 1934 J. Tobias Ready-made Family i. 18 (stage direct.) There is the sound of off-stage voices ad libbing as they approach. 1955 B. Green in N. Shapiro & N. Hentoff Hear me talkin' to Ya (1966) xix. 346 I remember starting to ad lib around an eight-bar thing he'd written up. 1977 Texas Monthly June 94/3 A lot of the essential ingredients in Norteño-style food have not been available to Texas cooks, who have in turn ad-libbed. 2004 Radio Times 3 July (Midlands ed.) 26/1 Because he had such a repertoire of rehearsed jokes, it never appeared that he was ad-libbing, even when he was. 2. transitive. To perform, say, or do by way of improvisation, or without prior rehearsal. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > improvise or ad lib (about) extemporize1818 improvisatorize1828 ad-lib1911 1911 Chicago Sunday Tribune 30 Apr. (Metropolitan section) 6/2 We wouldn't let her out until she sang everything she knew, and a few that she ad libbed. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 265 ‘Easy money, friends,’ Miss Hoag would ad lib. to the line-up outside her railing. 1963 Today 30 Nov. 18/4 Ringo ad-libs a beaty blues. 2009 N. Frankel Stripping Gypsy xix. 223 Gypsy ad-libbed the best lines all through the show. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1910
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