overdeck

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verb

To overdecorate.

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Meanings

verboverdeck (third-person singular simple present overdecks, present participle overdecking, simple past and past participle overdecked)

present singular third person overdecks · participle present overdecking · participle past overdecked · past overdecked

  1. transitiveTo overdecorate.

    She was neither overdressed nor overdecked in jewels, nor over made-up as some of her peers were; nor was she overboisterous.

    2015, Muneeza Shamsie, And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women
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    […] but one great hindrance in this my design, is, that our clerk, who was once a gardener, has this Christmas so overdecked the church with greens, that he has quite spoiled my prospect […]

    1819, The Spectator

Origin

From over- + deck.

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APA

overdeck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdeck

MLA

“overdeck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdeck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdeck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdeck.

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