'Rubato' definitions:
Definition of 'rubato'
From: WordNet
noun
A flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
Definition of 'Rubato'
From: GCIDE
- 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]