improvise

intransitive verb

To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation.

intransitive verb

To make or provide from available materials.

intransitive verb

To make, compose, or perform something extemporaneously.

intransitive verb

To make do with whatever materials are at hand.

To compose and recite or sing without premeditation; speak or perform extemporaneously, especially verse or music.

To do or perform anything on the spur of the moment for a special occasion; contrive or bring about in an offhand way.

To compose verses or music extemporaneously; hence, to do anything on the spur of the moment or in an offhand way.

transitive verb

To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.

transitive verb

To bring about, arrange, do, or make, immediately or on short notice, without previous preparation and with no known precedent as a guide.

transitive verb

To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment.