overchoreograph

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verb

To choreograph with too much or too elaborate dancing.

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Meanings

verboverchoreograph (third-person singular simple present overchoreographs, present participle overchoreographing, simple past and past participle overchoreographed)

present singular third person overchoreographs · participle present overchoreographing · participle past overchoreographed · past overchoreographed

  1. rareTo choreograph with too much or too elaborate dancing.

    Nureyev was always inclined to overchoreograph, cramming steps onto every beat, a tendency only increased when he restaged ballets.

    2007 December 17, Alastair Macaulay, “A Tale of Two Nutcrackers, With More Than a Chunnel Between Them”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + choreograph.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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