overplay
About 0.04 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
When Chris overacted his part again, the director warned that anyone overplaying would be barred from the next production.
- verb To play (a song or record) too frequently, often to the point of causing weariness and annoyance.
- verb To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.
Jack won the last match of blackjack; Theo overplayed.
- verb To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".
The first few shots went wonderfully, but Robin overplayed the last and lost.
Similar words
overact ham overplay one's hand overdo overdramatize overdirect overply overactivate overexaggerate overdose
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Word family
overplayed overplaying overplays
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