overhit

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verb

To hit too far or too hard.

“The golfer overhit his shot onto the green, and it rolled into the bunker.”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verboverhit (third-person singular simple present overhits, present participle overhitting, simple past and past participle overhit)

present singular third person overhits · participle present overhitting

  1. To hit too far or too hard.

    The golfer overhit his shot onto the green, and it rolled into the bunker.

    1 more example

    Kane did more than anyone to provoke the crowd’s dissent with his overhit passes and misdirected shots.

    2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian, London

Origin

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

From over- + hit.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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