freestyle

English

/ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/

noun

Definitions

A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
(skiing)
A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping.
Modifying programming code in production and quality assurance environments, violating the existing procedures for deploying it.

Etymology

Compound from English free + English style (animal part felt to resemble a pillar).

Origin

English

style

Gloss

animal part felt to resemble a pillar

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Eurostyle English
Free-Soilism English
FreeBSD English
Freelander English
Freeman English
Freenet English
Freetown English
acanthostyle English
anterostyle English
antistyle English
befree English
bodystyle English
cofree English
counterstyle English
cyberstyle English
cyclostyle English
deathstyle English
demostyle English
downstyle English
enfree English
enstyle English
enterostyle English
entostyle English
fingerstyle English
folkfree English
folkstyle English
foodstyle English
free English
free climbing English
free-boob English
free-hanging English
free-hearted English
free-mix English
freeable English
freeball English
freebander English
freebanding English
freebase English
freebirth English
freeblown English
freebooter English
freeborn English
freeburn English
freechapel English
freeclimb English
freedom English
freefall English
freefaller English
freeflow English
freehand English
freehanded English
freehearted English
freeholding English
freehood English
freehub English
freeish English
freelance English
freeline English
freeload English
freelook English
freely English
freemail English
freeman English
freemason English
freeminer English
freemix English
freeness English
freephone English
freepost English
freeride English
freeroll English
freerun English
freerunning English
freesheet English
freeship English
freeskiing English
freesome English
freespool English
freestanding English
freester English
freestone English
freestore English
freestream English
freestyler English
freestylist English
freetail English
freeth English
freethinker English
freethinking English
freeware English
freeway English
freewheel English
freewoman English
freewriting English
friend English
germ-free English
hairstyle English
half-free English
handstyle English
hardstyle English
heptastyle English
homestyle English
instyle English
jumpstyle English
lifestyle English
mesostyle English
metastyle English
mindstyle English
misstyle English
monostylous English
multistyle English
nonfree English
nonstyle English
overfree English
parastyle English
permafree English
playstyle English
protostyle English
pseudostyle English
quasifree English
restyle English
semifree English
slopestyle English
streamstyle English
streetstyle English
stylable English
style English
stylebook English
styleless English
styler English
stylesheet English
stylest English
styleth English
stylewise English
styleworthy English
styliferous English
stylise English
stylish English
stylism English
stylist English
stylistic English
stylize English
styloid English
stylometry English
stylous English
substyle English
topfree English
typestyle English
unfree English
wildstyle English
workstyle English
stailata Finnish
staili Finnish
Arbeiter German
style Portuguese
スタイル Japanese
フリー Japanese
フリーアルバイター Japanese
フリースタイル Japanese
fristajlowiec Polish
frēo Old English
stile Middle English
ฟรี Thai
สไตล์ Thai
스타일 Korean
Kaila Hawaiian
fri Bislama
firii Fiji Hindi