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off-the-cuff

 
Dictionary: off-the-cuff   (ôf'THə-kŭf', ŏf'-)
 
adj.

Not prepared in advance; impromptu: an off-the-cuff remark.


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Thesaurus: off-the-cuff
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adjective

    Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, snap, spur-of-the-moment, unrehearsed. See prepared/unprepared.

 
Idioms: off the cuff
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Impromptu, extemporaneous, as in His speech was entirely off the cuff. This term supposedly alludes to the practice of speakers making last-minute notes on the cuff of a shirtsleeve. [1930s]


 
WordNet: off-the-cuff
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: with little or no preparation or forethought
  Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed


 
 
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