overbid

English

Etymology 1

over- + bid

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation)
    • (verb): enPR: ō'və-bĭdʹ, IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈbɪd/
    • (noun): enPR: ōʹvə-bĭd', IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəˌbɪd/
  • (General American)
    • (verb): enPR: ō'vər-bĭdʹ, IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈbɪd/
    • (noun): enPR: ōʹvər-bĭd', IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚˌbɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Verb

overbid (third-person singular simple present overbids, present participle overbidding, simple past and past participle overbid)

  1. (intransitive) To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
  2. (transitive) To outbid.
  3. (intransitive, card games) To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.

Noun

overbid (plural overbids)

  1. An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
  2. (card games) The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.

Etymology 2

Verb

overbid

  1. simple past tense and past participle of overbide

Anagrams


Danish

Etymology

From over + bid (bite).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔvərbid/, [ˈɒwɐˌb̥ið]

Noun

overbid n (singular definite overbiddet, plural indefinite overbid)

  1. overbite (a malocclusion, in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones)

Inflection

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