freestyle

From free +‎ style.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/

freestyle (countable and uncountable, plural freestyles)

1. 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. (skiing) Ellipsis of freestyle skiing
3. A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping.
4. Modifying programming code in production and quality assurance environments, violating the existing procedures for deploying it.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfriːˌst̪ɑil/
• Hyphenation: 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 "nalle" - category in writing, as shown above, but in speech the declension usually follows "risti" -category as if the word were spelled friistaili.

• (freestyle skiing): freestylehiihto

freestyle m (uncountable)

1. freestyle (form of rapping)

freestyle m (uncountable)

1. freestyle

• 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.