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overswinging

overswinging is the present participle and gerund of overswing.

Meaning of overswing

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.

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Questions about overswinging

What is overswinging the present participle and gerund of?
Overswinging is the present participle and gerund of overswing.

Words near overswinging in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overswinging (page history and authors); overswing (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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