overbid

English

Etymology 1

From over- +‎ bid.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation)
    • (verb): enPR: ō'və-bĭdʹ, IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈbɪd/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (noun): enPR: ōʹvə-bĭd', IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəˌbɪd/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (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 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

Declension of overbid
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative overbid overbiddet overbid overbiddene
genitive overbids overbiddets overbids overbiddenes

Antonyms