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

Like, you know, we hired more sketch writers for the hospital, but Safe Space was more improv than even “The Hospital.”

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This was the first time she got behind the mic of such a storied stage like the Hollywood Improv.

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Enter the Mermaid Comedy Hour, a monthly show at the Hollywood Improv that books only women and nonbinary comics.

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Poet Judy Barrat, a regular attendee, usually hands the evening’s piano player a copy of the poem she’ll be reading and asks him to improv along with her.

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Dolores Scozzesi, who sang at the Hollywood Improv in the ’80s between comedy sets, performed a moody arrangement of “What Now My Love.”

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Related Words

• ad-lib 
• brainstorm 
• concoct 
• contrive 
• devise 
• dream up 
• invent 
• throw together