spur-of-the-moment

1. 1.

   in response to an unforeseen need

   “a spur-of-the-moment party”

   Similarunprepared

Questions about spur-of-the-moment

What does spur-of-the-moment mean?

spur-of-the-moment means "in response to an unforeseen need".

How many syllables are in spur-of-the-moment?

spur-of-the-moment has 5 syllables: spu-r-of--the--mo-ment. The stress falls on "the-".

Is spur-of-the-moment a common word?

spur-of-the-moment is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.