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over-celebrating

over-celebrating is the present participle and gerund of over-celebrate.

Meaning of over-celebrate

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
  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

Questions about over-celebrating

What is over-celebrating the present participle and gerund of?
Over-celebrating is the present participle and gerund of over-celebrate.

Words near over-celebrating in the dictionary

  1. over-burnt
  2. over-canvassed
  3. over-celebrate
  4. over-celebrated
  5. over-celebrates
  6. over-celebrating
  7. over-clock
  8. over-compensate
  9. over-compensated
  10. over-compensates
  11. over-compensating

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