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What is "off-the-cuff"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
off-the-cuff
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The press officer said that the president's statement was an off-the-cuff remark, not as an official statement of policy.
▪ There were many hilarious discussions and off-the-cuff remarks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I raise that as an off-the-cuff thought.
▪ Part of the reason is that, off-the-cuff, Mr Kantor has not yet learned to speak the language of trade buffs.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
off-the-cuff

off-the-cuff \off-the-cuff\ adj. with little or no preparation or forethought; unrehearsed; extemporaneous; offhand. his off-the-cuff remarks offended many people; an off-the-cuff toast

Syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, offhand, offhanded, unpremeditated, unrehearsed.

Wiktionary
off-the-cuff

a. (context idiomatic English) extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu.

WordNet
off-the-cuff

adj. with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed]

Usage examples of "off-the-cuff".

Instead of rambling, off-the-cuff talks over a drink or two with reporters from small-town newspapers, he is suddenly flying all over the country in his own chartered jet full of syndicated columnists and network TV stars.

I don't want any more off-the-cuff comments about your relationship with Allison to anyone.

That does not include off-the-cuff and off-the-record reYou want to quote, you pick up a heap of printlike you ought to.

The off-the-cuff decision to stow away on board one of Yama-Shita's wheelboats without asking even the most elementary questions about what he might find when he got to wherever they were going was a prime example.