improv
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of improv
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Fred, a close friend who was also in a campus improv group, and I read our material out loud to each other.
“I don’t know what happened,” Manley said, describing the improv session, “but I’m telling you, I blacked out and bee-bopped and scatted all over that room, like George Costanza would say.”
Beyond his on-screen roles, Finn was an improv performer and also taught at the University of Colorado, where he was an adjunct professor.
From BBC
He was part of an six-person improv troupe called Beer Shark Mice..
From BBC
Once we nailed the first “scenario,” pure improv took over, with Asif and Sagaar seamlessly falling into the mock-conflict of their on-screen characters; hence, Asif being hoisted 3 feet in the air.
From Los Angeles Times
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