ad-libs
Goes off script
Ad-libs are remarks or actions made spontaneously, without preparation or script.
A comedian's ad-libs during a talk show interview, an actor's improvised line when another forgets their cue.
To ad-lib is to improvise: She ad-libbed her way through the toast when she forgot her notes.
The adjective describes unscripted delivery: an ad-lib remark.
Speak without preparation
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
- on-the-spotOccurring immediately where needed
winging-it · unscripted · spontaneous · fill-in · interpolation · vamp · embellish · deviation
extemporize
Speak without preparation
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
on-the-spot · winging-it · unscripted · spontaneous · fill-in · interpolation · vamp · embellish · deviation · tangent
punchline
Humor's final delivery
quip · comedian · timing · riff · callback · heckler · standup · roast · improv · one-liner
rap
Quick sharp blow
cypher · spitting · rhyming · MC · hip-hop · beatbox · lyricism · punchlines · emcee · battles
- Hip-Hoprapper, rappers, rhymes, beat, lyrics
- audio samplessamples, loops, vocal samples, one-shots, one shots
- SoundCloud RapLil Uzi Vert, SoundCloud, mumble rap, Juice WRLD, lo-fi beats
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
- singingsoprano, lead vocals, vocalist, alto, backing vocals
- bloopersbloopers, blooper, fail, gag reel, outtakes
ad-libsprepared remarks
Speech composed beforehand
canned responses · set pieces · talking points · stock phrases · boilerplate