Definition of Spur-of-the-moment

1. Adjective. In response to an unforeseen need. "A spur-of-the-moment party"

Similar to: Unprepared

Definition of Spur-of-the-moment

1. Adjective. Spontaneous; impromptu. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spur-of-the-moment

spunkie
spunkier
spunkies
spunkiest
spunkily
spunkiness
spunkinesses
spunking
spunks
spunlaced
spunlaid
spunyarn
spunyarns
spur
spur-of-the-moment (current term)
spur-royal
spur-royals
spur-shell
spur-winged
spur blight
spur gear
spur of the moment
spur on
spur track
spur wheel
spurdog
spurdogs
spurfowl
spurfowls

Literary usage of Spur-of-the-moment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... spur of the moment; ~ itsestään be a matter of course, be self- evident; — jotakuta follow (1. accompany 1. escort) a p.; ~ jonkun jäljessä come after, ..."

2. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni (1911)
"Great artists play their own works differently at «ach repetition, remodel them on the spur of the moment, accelerate and retard, in a way which they could ..."

3. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"... which will stand for twenty years, should be very deliberative, and that we should do nothing on the spur of the moment that at any time we will regret? ..."

4. The Sunday Magazine (1872)
"On the spur of the moment, I declined. For all my fine talk to Roger, I shrunk from the idea of entering one of those houses. I can only say, in excuse, ..."

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