Reverse Dictionary: IMPROVISE

ADJECTIVES
► POOR BOY cheap, makeshift, improvised → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SNAPPER-RIGGED improvised; repaired in a makeshift fashion → 2002 Can sl., orig. nautical

NOUNS
► DANCE AROUND to improvise, etc., in order to avoid a question or issue → 1970s Amer. sl.
► REACH-ME-DOWN anything improvised → 1923 colloq.

NOUNS – PERSON
► IMPROVISATOR one who improvises or composes extempore → 1795
► IMPROVISATRICE a woman who improvises → 1804 

VERBS
► BUSK to improvise, esp. music; to speak or write without preparation → 1934 sl.
► FAKE ► FAKE IT to improvise words or music; to ad-lib → 1889 sl., orig. theatrical usage
► FAKE A LINE to improvise a speech → c1860 theatrical usage
► FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE’S PANTS to improvise → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► FUDGE IT to improvise → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► HETCHEL UP to improvise hastily; to put something together in a hurry; to find something to more or less suit an immediate need → 1950 Amer. dial.
► KLUDGE ► KLUGE to improvise with a poorly matched part or parts → 1962 sl., orig. US
► NIGGER-RIG to improvise in a shoddy way → 1965 US sl., offensive
► PULL SOMETHING OUT OF ONE’S ASS to come up with something without forethought or preparation, to improvise → 1979
► WING IT to improvise; to do something with little preparation → 1970 US sl.