Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To speak too much; use too many words.
- To express in too many or too big words: used reflexively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To exceed in
speaking . - verb To speak too much; to use too many words.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“I cannot imagine you allowing anyone to overspeak you.”
One Night in Scotland Karen Hawkins 2010
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I allow my brothers to overspeak me all of the time.
One Night in Scotland Karen Hawkins 2010
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HAMUD: Well, see, you overspeak, because there's no corroboration of that rumor whatsoever that French intelligence tied him to any organizations whatsoever.
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He couldn't understand overspeak, but Kzanol/Greenberg could; and Kzanol listened to the shielded slave through the mind of the copilot.
World of Ptavvs Niven, Larry 1966
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Larry had no trouble understanding even the inflections in overspeak, and Kzanol, of course, could now read his mind.
World of Ptavvs Niven, Larry 1966
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Kzanol spoke with absent-minded authority, using the conventional overspeak phrase to congratulate a slave who shows proper initiative.
World of Ptavvs Niven, Larry 1966
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Obama also must take care not to overspeak or make pledges he cannot transform into policy.
Crosscut 2009
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Confined to 90-second responses, Biden's tendency to overspeak was held in check.
kstp.com - MORE NEWS 2008
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