freestyle

Pluralfreestyles (some meanings)

Formsfreestyles, freestyling, freestyled

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The swimming stroke that is often called the front crawl or the Australian crawl.

   She swims freestyle faster than anyone on the team.

   His freestyle technique improved after months of practice.

   Similarcrawl

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A swimming race where each swimmer can pick any stroke they want.

   Like a race where you can run, skip, or hop, whatever gets you there fastest.

   She won the 100-meter freestyle at the regional meet.

   The freestyle final drew the largest crowd of the night.

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Rapping where the performer makes up the words on the spot instead of using written lines.

   Like making up a song while you sing it, with nothing written down.

   He spit a fierce freestyle over the unfamiliar beat.

   The crowd loved how her freestyle rhymes answered every heckler.

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4. 4
   verbintransitive

   To make something up as you go instead of following a plan.

   Like cooking without a recipe and adding whatever feels right.

   When the script fell apart, the host just freestyled for ten minutes.

   Don't plan every word, just freestyle and see what happens.

   Similarimprovise, ad-lib

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5. 5
   nouncountable or uncountablebefore a noun

   Anything you do in a loose, made-up way, without sticking to set rules.

   Like drawing with no plan and seeing where your pen takes you.

   Tonight's dinner was a complete freestyle, just whatever was left in the fridge.

   Their freestyle approach to the road trip meant deciding each stop on the fly.

   Similarimprovisation

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6. 6
   verbintransitive

   To do something in a free, made-up way, without any fixed rules.

   Like building with blocks without following the picture on the box.

   When the plans fell through, they just freestyled all weekend.

   If the steps don't fit, feel free to freestyle.

   Similarimprovise

7. 7
   verbintransitive

   To make up your dance moves as you go, dancing however you like.

   Like dancing the way you feel, not the way a teacher shows you.

   The kids freestyled in the living room until the song ended.

   Once the beat dropped, everyone started to freestyle on the dance floor.

   Similarimprovise

8. 8
   noununcountable

   A kind of wrestling that allows almost any hold, as long as it won't hurt the other person.

   Like a game with fewer rules, where more moves are allowed.

   He won the freestyle at the national championships.

   Olympic freestyle allows holds below the waist, unlike Greco-Roman.

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9. 9
   nouncountable

   A cross-country skiing race where each skier can use any skiing style they like.

   Like a race where you pick your own way to move, not one set path.

   She finished second in the freestyle at the winter games.

   The freestyle race let competitors skate or stride as they pleased.

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10. 10
    noununcountable

    A cross-country skiing style where you push your skis out to the sides like an ice skater.

    Like ice skating, but on snow with long skis.

    He switched to freestyle on the flats to carry more speed.

    Her freestyle technique looked effortless on the gentle slope.

    Similarskating

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11. 11
    noununcountableabbreviationellipsis

    Short for Latin freestyle, a type of electronic dance music. People usually drop the word 'Latin' once the music style is clear.

    She grew up dancing to freestyle in the Miami clubs.

    The radio station played freestyle every Saturday night.

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