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overbooming

overbooming is the present participle and gerund of overboom.

Meaning of overboom

Verb

overboom (third-person singular simple present overbooms, present participle overbooming, simple past and past participle overboomed)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about overbooming

What is overbooming the present participle and gerund of?
Overbooming is the present participle and gerund of overboom.

Words near overbooming in the dictionary

  1. overbookings
  2. overbookish
  3. overbooks
  4. overboom
  5. overboomed
  6. overbooming
  7. overbooms
  8. overboost
  9. overboosted
  10. overboosting
  11. overboosts

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