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playover

playover verb: to perform music so loudly that it drowns out other sounds or speech.

Verb

playover (third-person singular simple present plays over, present participle playing over, simple past and past participle played over)

  1. To perform music so loudly that it drowns out other sounds or speech
  2. To play a musical instrument with another player, adding additional parts to chords or a basic structure
  3. To repeat something in thought or consideration
  4. To re-do a game play or turn in a sport

Noun

playover (plural playovers)

  1. a musical recording where instruments are played over the original recording

Forms of playover

Verb
third-person singular presentplays over
present participleplaying over
past participleplayed over
pastplayed over
Noun
pluralplayovers

Origin of playover

From play + over.

Questions about playover

What does playover mean?
Playover means to perform music so loudly that it drowns out other sounds or speech.
What part of speech is playover?
Playover can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of playover?
The past tense of playover is played over.

Words near playover in the dictionary

  1. playoff beard
  2. playoff beards
  3. playoffs
  4. playout
  5. playouts
  6. playover
  7. playpark
  8. playparks
  9. playpen
  10. playpens
  11. playpiece

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