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overtelling

overtelling is the present participle and gerund of overtell.

Meaning of overtell

Verb

overtell (third-person singular simple present overtells, present participle overtelling, simple past and past participle overtold)

  1. (transitive) To exaggerate or be more explicit than needed; tell too much or too often, etc.

Questions about overtelling

What is overtelling the present participle and gerund of?
Overtelling is the present participle and gerund of overtell.

Words near overtelling in the dictionary

  1. overteem
  2. overteemed
  3. overteeming
  4. overteems
  5. overtell
  6. overtelling
  7. overtells
  8. overtemp
  9. overtemperature
  10. overtemperatures
  11. overtemps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overtelling (page history and authors); overtell (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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