improv

[im-prov]

noun

Informal.

1. improvisation.

improv

/ ˈɪmprɒv /

noun

1. improvised performance, esp by a comedian

Word History and Origins

Origin of improv¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

On a recent night at the Hollywood Improv for the monthly show Hot Mic, presented by Kevin Hart’s LOL Radio, the late-night audience piles into the dimly lighted main room at 9:30 where CP wakes them up with his punchy, Detroit-bred delivery that cuts through murmurs and side chatter with a voice like a gas-powered chain saw.

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His impressive fact-finding mission includes interviews with three of the performer-decoys — two girls and a boy — who were barely adults themselves when they were hired for this high-wire, high-pressure improv gig.

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More than 50 international comedians are slated to perform a mix of stand-up, improv and live talk shows.

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Improv veterans would say that there is a kind of collaborative fervor generated by not saying no to new ideas: the spirit of “yes, and—.” So far that has been the ethos of YIMBY, taking all comers into their city of ideas.

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I actually do have an improv show at Upright Citizens Brigade, but it’s a huge gamble to invite him to it.

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Related Words

• ad-lib 
• brainstorm 
• concoct 
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