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over-celebrate

over-celebrate verb: to party too hard.

Verb

over-celebrate (third-person singular simple present over-celebrates, present participle over-celebrating, simple past and past participle over-celebrated)

  1. To party too hard.
    • He DID drink on his off days, however, and since the diner had been closed for three days over the New Year's weekend, Tony had “over-celebrated” and was too hung over to come in.2005, Carole I. Hardeway, Chasing the Moon - the Preparation, Volume One, →ISBN, page 4
    • Beef looked at me owlishly, and I thought for a moment that he, too, had over-celebrated.2010, Leo Bruce, Case with 4 Clowns: A Sergeant Beef Mystery, →ISBN, page 132
  2. To treat as more significant than is deserved.
    • These last two have perhaps been over-celebrated.1857–1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], “(please specify the page)”, in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company, published 1858, →OCLC
    • J. B. Jackson (1985) continues to point out the peculiar quirk in our national character that causes us to over-celebrate individuality, and to thus minimize the role played by cities, towns, and work communities in the formation of American character, life, and landscape.2012, Irwin Altman, Erwin H. Zube, Public Places and Spaces, →ISBN, page 16

Examples of over-celebrate in a sentence

  • We over-budgeted, overspent, over-celebrated, over-enjoyed and over-entertained our customers.2010, Andrew Chia, Double Your Money, →ISBN:
  • Another important lesson is to not over-celebrate wins.2014, Joanie B. Connell, Flying without a Helicopter, →ISBN, page 49:

Forms of over-celebrate

third-person singular presentover-celebrates
present participleover-celebrating
past participleover-celebrated
pastover-celebrated

Origin of over-celebrate

From over- + celebrate.

Questions about over-celebrate

What does over-celebrate mean?
Over-celebrate means to party too hard.
How do you use over-celebrate in a sentence?
We over-budgeted, overspent, over-celebrated, over-enjoyed and over-entertained our customers.
What part of speech is over-celebrate?
Over-celebrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of over-celebrate?
The past tense of over-celebrate is over-celebrated.

Words near over-celebrate in the dictionary

  1. over-Atlasing
  2. over-awe
  3. over-burning
  4. over-burnt
  5. over-canvassed
  6. over-celebrate
  7. over-celebrated
  8. over-celebrates
  9. over-celebrating
  10. over-clock
  11. over-compensate

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