overhead
adverb
- badminton technique
- any combination of excess or indirect computation time, memory, bandwidth, or other resources that are required to perform a specific task
noun
- badminton technique
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/ / /ˈoʊvɚˌhɛd/ / /ˌəʊvəˈhɛd/ / /ˌoʊvɚˈhɛd/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.
- Located above, especially over the head.
“Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.”
“The railway consists of some 18 miles of double track electrified on the overhead principle.”
- Kicked over one's own head.
“It was Rooney, however, who produced a moment of inspiration to score a stunning overhead kick that will live forever in the memory of United's fans and extended City's dismal sequence of only one league win in their last 27 visits to Old Trafford.”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.
- Above one's head; in the sky.
“birds flying overhead”
“Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.”
- Per head; for each individual.
“[…] the influence of the minister's week-day attentions, first in creating, and afterwards in keeping up among the people of his parish their habit of Sabbath attendance. So indispensable in towns is the connexion between these two things, that were seat-rents let down at this moment to two shillings overhead, or even annihilated, so as to throw open the whole of the church room at accessible prices to the lowest of the people, we shall greatly mistake the result if we look for a great and visible increase of attendance per saltum on the part of the parish families.”
noun
Etymology: (Sense 1) Abbreviation of overhead projector. : (Sense 2) Back-formation from overhead projector.
- An overhead projector.
- A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
prep
Etymology: From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.
- Above.
“Cigarette smoke was sucked out through the cracks in the glass of the glazed panes overhead the side street and the parking lot.”