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overhip

overhip verb: to leap over; skip over; omit.

Verb

overhip (third-person singular simple present overhips, present participle overhipping, simple past and past participle overhipped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To leap over; skip over; omit.

Forms of overhip

third-person singular presentoverhips
present participleoverhipping
past participleoverhipped
pastoverhipped

Origin of overhip

From Middle English overhippen, equivalent to over- + hip (“to hop”).

Questions about overhip

What does overhip mean?
Overhip means to leap over; skip over; omit.
What part of speech is overhip?
Overhip is a verb.
What is the past tense of overhip?
The past tense of overhip is overhipped.

Words near overhip in the dictionary

  1. overhents
  2. overhie
  3. overhied
  4. overhigh
  5. overhighly
  6. overhip
  7. overhire
  8. overhired
  9. overhires
  10. overhiring
  11. overhit

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