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overpedal

overpedal verb: to overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.

Verb

overpedal (third-person singular simple present overpedals, present participle (US) overpedaling or (UK) overpedalling, simple past and past participle (US) overpedaled or (UK) overpedalled)

  1. (intransitive) To overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.

Forms of overpedal

third-person singular presentoverpedals
present participle USoverpedaling
present participle UKoverpedalling
past participle USoverpedaled
past USoverpedaled
past participle UKoverpedalled
past UKoverpedalled

Origin of overpedal

From over- + pedal.

Questions about overpedal

What does overpedal mean?
Overpedal means to overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.
What part of speech is overpedal?
Overpedal is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpedal?
The past tense of overpedal is overpedaled.

Words near overpedal in the dictionary

  1. overpayers
  2. overpaying
  3. overpayment
  4. overpayments
  5. overpays
  6. overpedal
  7. overpedaled
  8. overpedaling
  9. overpedalled
  10. overpedalling
  11. overpedals

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