noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
2. 2
   (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) wordnet
3. 3
   The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
4. 4
   a bid that is higher than preceding bids wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price. intransitive
2. 2
   simple past and past participle of overbide form-of, participle, past
3. 3
   bid more than the object is worth wordnet
4. 4
   To outbid. transitive
5. 5
   to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win wordnet

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6. 6
   To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved. intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

overcall

Antonyms

All antonyms

underbid

Etymology

From over- + bid.

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