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freestyle

  • /ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/
  • /fɹiˌstaɪəl/

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From free + style.

noun freestyles · free-style

  1. countable, uncountable A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
  2. broadly, countable, uncountable The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.
  3. countable, uncountable A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
  4. broadly, countable, uncountable The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.
  5. countable, uncountable A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.
  6. countable, uncountable A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing. In the world of hip hop, many freestyle artists have been known to speak, “Check one, check two!” into the microphone. The phrasing serves two purposes: (1) to put the freestyle artist on rhythm with the beat and (2) […]
  7. attributive, broadly, countable, uncountable Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way. (While there are definitely a large number of Japanese cookbooks out there with detailed instructions and measurements, it was this freestyle cooking philosophy I most frequently encountered.)
  8. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Latin freestyle, a form of electronic dance music.Latin freestyle A not always visibly but nevertheless significantly Latin music, freestyle originated alongside hip-hop in the Bronx and achieved a quicker yet more fleeting commercial success. The style’s similarities to contemporaneous R&B and hi-NRG endeared it to pop radio programmers, […]

verb freestyles · freestyling · freestyled · free-style

  1. especially, intransitive To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib. And just hours after the famous golfer died in an airplane accident, I freestyled to a less talented rival, “Stop now before you get hurt / Your whole style should never take flight like Payne Stewart.”
  2. intransitive To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.
  3. intransitive To improvise something in an unrestricted way.

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