intransitive. To compose and perform music, poetry, drama, etc., spontaneously or without preparation; to speak or perform extemporaneously.

intransitive. To burst into unrestrained action; to break into extravagant, fanciful, irrelevant, or unintelligible language or speech; to…

transitive and intransitive. To improvise.

intransitive. To do something hastily and without preparation; to extemporize, improvise.

Theatrical slang. transitive. To study (a part) in or about the wings, having undertaken it at short notice; also intransitive. Hence in to wing it…

intransitive. To act or respond on an ad hoc basis, rather than in accordance with general long-term strategies; to improvise.

intransitive. In extended use: to disregard a planned course of action in favour of an alternative; to improvise or ad lib. Also occasionally trans…