overboard
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English overbord, overborde, equivalent to over- + board.
- Outside of a boat; in the water.
adv
Etymology: From Middle English overbord, overborde, equivalent to over- + board.
- Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
“It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.”
“Theon Greyjoy is the most well developed character on that stage, and the action comes down to him. Euron, with Yara underneath his ax, goads Theon into attack. But Theon is overwhelmed by the violence all around him, and instead he jumps overboard.”
- Excessively; too much.
“They really went overboard with the party preparations.”
“In reality, brains go overboard with this sort of fear validation. They love any chance to prove a fear is valid while ignoring all the reasons it's not.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English overbord, overborde, equivalent to over- + board.
- To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.
“‘Call home that runt Edmund Bonner. He has trotted after me from Spain into France and I swear the next time we take ship I will overboard him.’”
- To cover (a ceiling) with plasterboard to create a new surface.