Meaning

2 senses

  1. An instance of something improvised, especially a line.

  2. Improvised vocals added after the main vocals have been recorded which serve to emphasize the rhythm or fill the lyrical bar line.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Will you ad-lib?

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  2. What do you think of my ad libbing?

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  3. He forgot part of his speech and had to ad-lib for a while.

    deEr vergaß einen Teil seiner Rede und musste eine Weile improvisieren. — virgil

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  4. How's my ad libbing?

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Origin

Abbreviation of ad libitum, borrowed from New Latin ad libitum.

Abbreviation of ad libitum, borrowed from New Latin ad libitum.

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Forms

plural: ad libs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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