freestyle

• free-style

From free +‎ style.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/
• US: IPA^(key): /fɹiˌstaɪəl/

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freestyle (countable and uncountable, plural freestyles)

1. (sports) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
   1. (swimming) A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
      1. (swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.
   2. (skiing) A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
      1. (skiing, by extension) The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.
   3. (wrestling) A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.
2. (music) A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.
   • 2014, Michael W. Waters, Freestyle: Reflections on Faith, Family, Justice, and Pop Culture‎^[1], Fresh Air Books, →ISBN:

     In the world of hip hop, many freestyle artists have been known to speak, “Check one, check two!” into the microphone. The phrasing serves two purposes: (1) to put the freestyle artist on rhythm with the beat and (2) […]

3. (by extension, attributive) Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way.
   • 2012, Sarah Marx Feldner, A Cook's Journey to Japan: 100 Homestyle Recipes from Japanese Kitchens‎^[2], Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN:

     (While there are definitely a large number of Japanese cookbooks out there with detailed instructions and measurements, it was this freestyle cooking philosophy I most frequently encountered.)

4. (music) Ellipsis of Latin freestyle, a form of electronic dance music.
   • 2012 March 2, Nick Minichino, “A Quick Primer On Freestyle: 1980s Dancepop's Most Underheralded Genre”, in The Village Voice‎^[3]:

     A not always visibly but nevertheless significantly Latin music, freestyle originated alongside hip-hop in the Bronx and achieved a quicker yet more fleeting commercial success. The style’s similarities to contemporaneous R&B and hi-NRG endeared it to pop radio programmers, […]

   • 2012, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press, page 281:

     Already a veteran DJ-producer on New York’s freestyle scene, 23-year-old Frankie Bones was flown to England for an Energy rave.

freestyle (third-person singular simple present freestyles, present participle freestyling, simple past and past participle freestyled)

1. (intransitive, especially in rap music) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.
   • 2016, Jensen Karp, Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big, Crown, →ISBN, page 47:

     And just hours after the famous golfer died in an airplane accident, I freestyled to a less talented rival, “Stop now before you get hurt / Your whole style should never take flight like Payne Stewart.”

2. (intransitive) To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.

From English freestyle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfriːstɑi̯l/, [ˈfriːs̠tɑ̝i̯l]
• Rhymes: -iːstɑil
• Syllabification^(key): free‧style
• Hyphenation^(key): free‧style

freestyle

1. freestyle (sports event in which the participants can choose their own style, especially freestyle skiing)
2. freestyle (style of rapping)

• As is the case with many loanwords, the inflection of this term is problematic. Kotus recommends type 8 (nalle) in writing, as shown below, but in speech the declension usually follows type 5 (risti) as if the word were spelled friistaili.

• (freestyle skiing): freestylehiihto

• “freestyle”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Borrowed from English freestyle.

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freestyle m (uncountable)

1. (sports) freestyle (skiing and snowboarding) (freestyle skiing, snowboarding) ellipsis of sports de glisse freestyle

• fristajl

Unadapted borrowing from English freestyle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfri.stajl/
• Rhymes: -istajl
• Syllabification: free‧style

freestyle m inan

1. (sports) freestyle (sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation)
2. (music) freestyle (form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing)

• freestyle in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English freestyle.

freestyle m (uncountable)

1. freestyle (form of rapping)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾistail/ [ˈfɾis.t̪ai̯l]
• Rhymes: -istail

freestyle m (uncountable)

1. freestyle

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from freestyle, which was the genericized trademark of the Sony Walkman portable cassette player in Sweden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːstajl/
• With a more or less English accent.

freestyle c

1. A walkman, a portable audio cassette player.
   • 1997, Annika Thor, Sanning eller konsekvens, Bonnier Carlsen (publ., 2009 ed.).
   • En freestyle är ju en ganska dyr sak, en sån som man inte köper själv för månadspengen.

     A walkman is as we all know a pretty expensive thing; you don't buy one of those by yourself from your monthly pocket money.

2. (skiing) freestyle
3. (music) freestyle (form of rapping)

• freestyle in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• freestyle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)