FREESTYLE

freestyle

(noun) a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

freestyle (countable and uncountable, plural freestyles)

A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.

(swimming) A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.

(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.

(skiing) A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.

(skiing, by extension) The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.

(wrestling) A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.

(skiing) Ellipsis of freestyle skiing.

A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping.

Modifying programming code in production and quality assurance environments, violating the existing procedures for deploying it.

Verb

freestyle (third-person singular simple present freestyles, present participle freestyling, simple past and past participle freestyled)

(intransitive, especially in rap music) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.

(intransitive) To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.

Source: Wiktionary



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