on-the-spot
- behind the eight ball adj.
- defenseless adj.
- exposed adj.
- extemporaneous adj.
- extemporaneous/extemporary adj.
- instant adj.
- off-the-cuff adj.
- on call adj.
- pregnable adj.
- present adj.
- risky adj.
- snappy adj.
- split second adj.
- spur-of-the-moment adj.
- vincible adj.
- vulnerable adj.
- here adv.
- immediately adv.
- out on a limb adv.
- summarily adv.
- jeopardy n.
Example Sentences
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Most of all, I’d leave room in the itinerary for on-the-spot finds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Liu practiced in the dress and McKinnon was able to make on-the-spot adjustments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Those caught doing so will get a £200 on-the-spot fine in the first instance, rising to an unlimited fine and/or a prison sentence of up to two years for repeat offences.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
Among the on-the-spot penalty creations: hugging, dancing and “too many hot dogs on the ice.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Rather, he was something of a poet, an inventor of on-the-spot ballads called corridos, and at one time he had been able to read and write in both English and Spanish.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
