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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| improvise | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| extemporaneous | /xx/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| spontaneous | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unprepared | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| unwritten | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| wing it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| joke | / | Noun |
| act out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pong | / | Noun |
| play along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| play | / | Noun |
| lampoon | x/ | Noun |
| act the fool | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| laugh all the way to the bank | //x//x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take liberties | //xx | Phrase, Verb |
| ham it up | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| play fast and loose | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| roll off the tongue | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| play at | // | Phrase, Verb |
| walk off with | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| make fun of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| play off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| play the fool | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| steal | / | Verb |
| wax lyrical | //xx | Phrase, Verb |
| goof around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| toast | / | Noun |
| bluff | / | Noun |
| camp it up | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| think out loud | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| acrobat | /xx | Noun |
| crack | / | Noun |
| pipe | / | Noun |
| play by ear | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| talk a good game | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| cook | / | Noun |
| mimic | /x | Noun |
| jest | / | Noun |
| play about | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| mock | / | Adjective |
| mess around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| talk through one's hat | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| laugh one's head off | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| run with | // | Phrase, Verb |
| make game of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| alibi | /xx | Noun |
| sound off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| die laughing | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| corpse | / | Noun |
| talk at | // | Phrase, Verb |
| play around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| crack up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| tread the boards | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| bend the truth | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| slang | / | Noun |
| solo | /x | Noun |
| mess with | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lap dance | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| fool | / | Noun |
| cut loose | // | Phrase, Verb |
| haha | xx | Noun |
| lose it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fiddle | /x | Noun |
| live it up | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| run on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lamp | / | Noun |
| stunt | / | Noun |
| jibe | / | Noun |
| say it all | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| take it away | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make a spectacle of oneself | /x/xx/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make noises | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun |
| fiddle with | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| kill | / | Verb |
| take a joke | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| slack off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fool around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| pop off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| shoot one's mouth off | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| shoot off at the mouth | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| speak up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| trick | / | Noun |
| mouth off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| manage | /x | Verb |
| roll around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| sass | / | Noun |
| live a lie | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lick | / | Noun |
| barney | /x | Name |
| come | / | Verb |
| screw around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| slay | / | Verb |
| prog | x | Name |
| run one's mouth | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| burst out laughing | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| bounce around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| put words in someone's mouth | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cut up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| hang out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| make light of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| balls | / | Noun |
| talk around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| phony | /x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
