spur-of-the-moment
[spur-uh v-th uh-moh-muh nt]
adjective
occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
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RELATED WORDS
ad-lib, automatic, casual, expedient, extempore, fake, free, immediate, impromptu, improvised, informal, made-up, makeshift, offhand, snap, spontaneous, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed
Origin of spur-of-the-moment
First recorded in 1800–10
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Examples from the Web for spur-of-the-moment
Contemporary Examples of spur-of-the-moment
Did you plan on this or is this a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing?
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November 2, 2014
Have you ever done the impulse Vegas trip before, a spur-of-the-moment “screw this!”
Spur-of-the-moment toasts can be an off-the-cuff pleasure if the mood is right and the message heartfelt.
It was actually a dare, kind of, a spur-of-the-moment thing.
Having 40 minutes to kill before his next appointment, he made a spur-of-the-moment decision to stop by Napa State Hospital.
Historical Examples of spur-of-the-moment
We must give these good people as much time as possible, considering it's a spur-of-the-moment affair.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
And, as a Free Trader, spur-of-the-moment action was a necessary way of life.
Plague ShipAndre Norton