overbloat

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verb

To excessively bloat.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verboverbloat (third-person singular simple present overbloats, present participle overbloating, simple past and past participle overbloated)

present singular third person overbloats · participle present overbloating · participle past overbloated · past overbloated · alternative over-bloat · alternative over bloat

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishbloat
  8. Englishoverbloat

From over- + bloat.

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APA

overbloat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbloat

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“overbloat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbloat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbloat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbloat.

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