overpour

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verb

To pour an excessive amount.

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Meanings

verboverpour (third-person singular simple present overpours, present participle overpouring, simple past and past participle overpoured)

present singular third person overpours · participle present overpouring · participle past overpoured · past overpoured

  1. To pour an excessive amount.

    For example, beverages other than water should be served in tall, skinny glasses; studies show that even professional bartenders overpour when the glass is short and wide.

    2009 March 17, Tara Parker-Pope, “Who’s Cooking? (For Health, It Matters)”, in New York Times
  2. To pour on top of something else.

Origin

From over- + pour.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pourover
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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