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overshook

overshook is the simple past of overshake.

Meaning of overshake

Verb

overshake (third-person singular simple present overshakes, present participle overshaking, simple past overshook, past participle overshaken)

  1. To shake too much.
    • Always shake hands at a job interview, but try not to overshake.
  2. (obsolete) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

Questions about overshook

What is overshook the simple past of?
Overshook is the simple past of overshake.

Words near overshook in the dictionary

  1. overshocking
  2. overshocks
  3. overshoe
  4. overshoes
  5. overshone
  6. overshook
  7. overshoot
  8. overshoot the mark
  9. overshooter
  10. overshooters
  11. overshooting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overshook (page history and authors); overshake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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