Word.ws English Dictionary

over-clock

over-clock is the alternative spelling of overclock.

Meaning of overclock

Verb

overclock (third-person singular simple present overclocks, present participle overclocking, simple past and past participle overclocked)

  1. (transitive) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer.
    • “You need to know something else,” Cora said. “In order for us to survive this, SAM-E is going to...” What was the best word? “Overclock my system. For a short time, I will be a human wrecking ball. One that will hopefully get us through this facility.”2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 12, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 215
    Antonyms:
    underclock

See all 2 meanings of overclock

Forms of over-clock

third-person singular presentover-clocks
present participleover-clocking
past participleover-clocked
pastover-clocked

Questions about over-clock

What is over-clock the alternative spelling of?
Over-clock is the alternative spelling of overclock.

Words near over-clock in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: over-clock (page history and authors); overclock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “over-clock.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/over-clock. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.