freestyle

English

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Etymology

free + style

Noun

freestyle (uncountable)

1. A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
2. (By extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.
3. A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.
4. A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
5. A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping.
6. Modifying programming code in production and quality assurance environments, violating the existing procedures for promoting the same.
   • Note: also used as an adjective and adverb in all senses

Translations

swimming event

Finnish: vapaauinti (fi) Greek: ελεύθερο (el)

Hungarian: szabadúszás (hu) Portuguese: estilo livre (pt)

front crawl

Finnish: krooli (fi), vapaauinti (fi)

Hungarian: gyorsúszás (hu)

style of wrestling

Finnish: vapaapaini (fi)

sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation

form of rapping

Finnish: freestyle (fi) Polish: freestyle (pl) m., fristajl (pl) m.

Portuguese: freestyle (pt)

Verb

freestyle (third-person singular simple present freestyles, present participle freestyling, simple past and past participle freestyled)

1. (intransitive) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib (especially in rap music).

Translations

to ad-lib in rap music

Dutch: freestylen (nl)

Polish: freestyle'ować (pl), fristajlować (pl)