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improviser — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • improvise verb To create or perform something on the spot without preparation, often using whatever is available.
  • wing noun One of the limbs a bird, insect, or aircraft uses to fly.

Senses

improviser is used for these senses in English:

  • improvise To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
  • play by ear (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.
  • wing (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

wing — full definition

  1. noun One of the limbs a bird, insect, or aircraft uses to fly.
  2. noun A section or faction of a building, organization, or political party.
  3. verb To improvise something without preparation, as in "wing it".

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