freestyle

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
3. (countable, uncountable) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
4. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
5. (countable, uncountable) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
6. (countable, uncountable) A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.
7. (attributive, broadly, countable, uncountable) Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Latin freestyle, a form of electronic dance music.

Verb

1. (especially, intransitive) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.
2. (intransitive) To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.
3. (intransitive) To improvise something in an unrestricted way.

Synonyms

crawl

grappling

wrestling

🤼

front crawl

rassling

Translations

ελεύθερο

nage libre

estilo livre

freestyle

Freistil

stile libero

estil lliure

voltige libre

freestyle

bracciata libera

ginnastica a corpo libero

Freestyle

freestylen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/

Etymology

From free + style.