Spur-of-the-moment Definition

spûrəv-thə-mōmənt
adjective
Occurring or made hastily on impulse.
A spur-of-the moment choice.
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Spontaneous; impromptu.

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to buy the car.
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noun

(idiomatic) Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning.

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Noun

Singular:
spur-of-the-moment
Plural:
spurs-of-the-moment

Origin of Spur-of-the-moment

  • See spur of the moment

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Spur-of-the-moment Sentence Examples

  • This may not be a spur-of-the-moment decision.

  • However, if you don't want to break the bank taking a spur of the moment flight, then compromise is key.

  • I guess that shows they at least believed what they were doing was right—not just whacking you on the spur of the moment because they were mad as hell, taking their anger out on your backside.

  • On the spur of the moment you pick up the suitcases, put them in your trunk, and drive off.

  • On the spur of the moment he picked up the phone and dialed Cece Baldwin, a number he now had committed to memory from the many unsuc­cessful times he'd made the call.

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