overboom
overboom verb: to grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something).
Verb
overboom (third-person singular simple present overbooms, present participle overbooming, simple past and past participle overboomed)
- To grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something).
- Its various resources are so vast that there is no possibility of overbooming the country. There is now a limitless demand for people of at least average intelligence and industry and with some money with which to get a fair start.1909, Malton-Colony: Sacramento Valley California, page 5
- There is always a possibility that too much competition will result in overbooming the market, and result in a break, which will set things down for a time.1921, Leather & Shoes, volume 62, page 75
Forms of overboom
| third-person singular present | overbooms |
|---|---|
| present participle | overbooming |
| past participle | overboomed |
| past | overboomed |
Origin of overboom
From over- + boom.
Questions about overboom
- What does overboom mean?
- Overboom means to grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something).
- What part of speech is overboom?
- Overboom is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overboom?
- The past tense of overboom is overboomed.
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