Meaning & use
freestyling
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Improvising, especially rapping, dancing, or performing without prepared lyrics or choreography.
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The rapper started freestyling over the beat, inventing rhymes on the spot.
The skateboarders spent the afternoon freestyling in the empty parking lot.
A note on using this word
Originating in hip-hop culture, "freestyling" now also describes unscripted, spontaneous performance or thinking in other fields.
Words with a similar meaning
improvisingad-libbing
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