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jamming
adjective as in extemporaneous
Weak matches
adjective as in extemporaneous/extemporary
Weak matches
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- at first glance
- automatic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extempore
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- made-up
- makeshift
- off the cuff
- off the top of head
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- taking for ride
- thought out loud
- tossed off
- tossed out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unstudied
- winging it
adjective as in off-the-cuff
Weak matches
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improvised
- improviso
- informal
- made-up
- makeshift
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
adjective as in spur-of-the-moment
Example Sentences
In the interim, the Dodgers’ hope is that Ohtani won’t be compromised at the plate, since the injury, which Ohtani suffered after jamming his arm into the ground on a slide into second base during the World Series, occurred to the back shoulder in his swing.
Taking in the home’s king-of-the-universe views, Obama listened while Jones told stories of jamming with legends like Gillespie or the surge of power he felt working the soundboard as one mega-star after another stepped forward to sing a verse for “We Are the World.”
He laid on the ground in pain for several moments after jamming his left arm into the ground on an unsuccessful stolen base attempt.
But analysts believe the Russians most likely lost control over their drone, possibly due to jamming by Ukraine’s electronic warfare systems.
On Saturday night, the second of 20 Eagles gigs scheduled through January, folks were ooh-ing and aah-ing before the music even started as they were met upon entering by an enormous photorealistic mural jamming together dozens of landmarks from the band’s Los Angeles hometown, including the Chateau Marmont, Griffith Observatory, the Paramount Pictures gate and, of course, the Troubadour, where Henley and Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey famously met in the early 1970s as members of Linda Ronstadt’s road band.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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