overplay

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

enPR: ō'vər-plā'
Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

overplay (third-person singular simple present overplays, present participle overplaying, simple past and past participle overplayed)

(transitive, intransitive) 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.
(transitive) To play (a song or record) too frequently.
- 2008, Walter Douglas Crigler, iMusic/myMusic (page 75)
  A lot of times I don't want to overplay songs that I really like, because I know that then I'll get sick of them and I don't want to get sick of them.
(transitive) 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.
(transitive, golf) To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".
The first few shots went wonderfully, but Robin overplayed the last and lost.

Translations

To overdo or overact one's effect or role

Dutch: overdrijven (nl), overacteren (nl)

Spanish: sobreactuar (es)

To present something more dramatically than necessary

Dutch: overdrijven (nl), dramatiseren (nl)

To overestimate one's strength in a game or event

Dutch: zich overschatten (nl)

To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond the green

Dutch: uitslaan (nl)

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French: ^{(please verify)} exagérer (fr), ^{(please verify)} surestimer (fr)

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