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overcoaching

overcoaching is the present participle and gerund of overcoach.

Meaning of overcoach

Verb

overcoach (third-person singular simple present overcoaches, present participle overcoaching, simple past and past participle overcoached)

  1. To coach too much.
    • Terry is like many parents — so eager to give their children the benefit of their experience that they often overcoach.2009 February 23, William C. Rhoden, “Terry Robiskie Takes His Son to Work at N.F.L. Combine”, in New York Times

Questions about overcoaching

What is overcoaching the present participle and gerund of?
Overcoaching is the present participle and gerund of overcoach.

Words near overcoaching in the dictionary

  1. overcluttering
  2. overclutters
  3. overcoach
  4. overcoached
  5. overcoaches
  6. overcoaching
  7. overcoat
  8. overcoated
  9. overcoating
  10. overcoatings
  11. overcoatless

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