off-the-cuff

Questions about off-the-cuff

What does off-the-cuff mean?

off-the-cuff means "with little or no preparation or forethought".

How many syllables are in off-the-cuff?

off-the-cuff has 3 syllables and divides as off--the--cuff under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for off-the-cuff?

Close synonyms include ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is off-the-cuff a common word?

off-the-cuff is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.