Crossword clues for overbid
overbid
- Part of a bridge auction
- Auction reaction
- Prompt a buzzer on "The Price Is Right"
- A bid that is higher than preceding bids
- (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
- Get reckless in a bridge game
- Higher auction offer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overbid \O`ver*bid"\, v. t.
To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price. 2 (context card games English) The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price. 2 (context intransitive card games English) To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
WordNet
n. a bid that is higher than preceding bids
(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) [syn: overcall]
v. to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,
bid more than the object is worth [ant: underbid]
[also: overbidding, overbidden]
Usage examples of "overbid".
The overbid for sympathy might have misfired, but the need for it existed.
When She accused me of overbidding in the most ridiculous manner, I had to agree.