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overhit

overhit verb: to hit too far or too hard.

Verb

overhit (third-person singular simple present overhits, present participle overhitting, simple past and past participle overhit)

  1. To hit too far or too hard.
    • The golfer overhit his shot onto the green, and it rolled into the bunker.
    • Kane did more than anyone to provoke the crowd’s dissent with his overhit passes and misdirected shots.2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian, London

Forms of overhit

third-person singular presentoverhits
present participleoverhitting
past participleoverhit
pastoverhit

Origin of overhit

From over- + hit.

Questions about overhit

What does overhit mean?
Overhit means to hit too far or too hard.
What part of speech is overhit?
Overhit is a verb.
What is the past tense of overhit?
The past tense of overhit is overhit.

Words near overhit in the dictionary

  1. overhip
  2. overhire
  3. overhired
  4. overhires
  5. overhiring
  6. overhit
  7. overhits
  8. overhitting
  9. overhold
  10. overholding
  11. overholds

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