OVERBID

overbid, overcall

(noun) (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)

overbid

(noun) a bid that is higher than preceding bids

overbid

(verb) bid more than the object is worth

overbid

(verb) to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

overbid (third-person singular simple present overbids, present participle overbidding, simple past and past participle overbid)

(intransitive) To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.

(transitive) To outbid.

(intransitive, card games) To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.

Noun

overbid (plural overbids)

An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.

(card games) The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.

Etymology 2

Verb

overbid

simple past tense and past participle of overbide

Anagrams

• bioderv, verboid

Source: Wiktionary

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O`ver*bid", v. t.

Definition: To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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