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overswing

overswing verb: to swing too far.

Verb

overswing (third-person singular simple present overswings, present participle overswinging, simple past and past participle overswung)

  1. (transitive) To swing too far.
    • The golfer overswung and missed the ball completely.

Noun

overswing (plural overswings)

  1. An excessive swing

Forms of overswing

Verb
third-person singular presentoverswings
present participleoverswinging
past participleoverswung
pastoverswung
Noun
pluraloverswings

Origin of overswing

From over- + swing.

Questions about overswing

What does overswing mean?
Overswing means to swing too far.
What part of speech is overswing?
Overswing can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overswing?
The past tense of overswing is overswung.

Words near overswing in the dictionary

  1. overswift
  2. overswiftly
  3. overswim
  4. overswimming
  5. overswims
  6. overswing
  7. overswinging
  8. overswings
  9. overswirl
  10. overswirled
  11. overswirling

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