ad lib
Definitions
General English
- verb (written as ad-lib)to speak without a prepared set of words.
Media Studies
- noun improvised speech
Theater
- To depart from the script and improvise. It is often resorted to in emergencies, such as the absence of an essential prop or a failure to remember the correct lines. The term derives from the Latin ad libitum, literally, at pleasure. see also busk; gag; pong.
