off-the-cuff



off-the-cuff

Fig. spontaneous; without preparation or rehearsal. Her remarks were off-the-cuff, but very sensible. I'm not very good at making speeches off-the-cuff.

off-the-cuff

an off-the-cuff remark is one that is not planned (always before noun) He made several off-the-cuff remarks which he later denied.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Prudencioproo-DHEN-thyo (Spanish), proo-DHEN-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Midhat-Arabic
FritsFRITSDutch
MajorMAY-jərEnglish
BẢO-Vietnamese
JevgeŅIjs-Latvian