English Explanatory Dictionary

overegg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Chiefly in over-egg the pudding: to spoil (something) by exaggerating it, or an aspect of it; to overdo.

Pronunciation

/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛɡ/ /ˌoʊvəɹˈɛɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-over-egg.wav

Word forms

overegg overeggs overegging overegged over-egg

Etymology

From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + egg, from the phrase over-egg the pudding, a reference to adding too many eggs to a pudding and thereby ruining it.

Synonyms

gild the lily go overboard take too far

Related words

overegg the pudding over-egg the pudding

Derived words

overegged over-egged
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