Found 2 items, similar to rubato.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rubato rubato n : a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rubato Rubato \Ru*ba"to\, a. [It.] Robbed; borrowed. [1913 Webster] Temple rubato. [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed. [1913 Webster]