over-celebrate
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
verb
Example Sentences
- "He DID drink on his off days, however, and since the diner had been closed for three days over the New Year's weekend, Tony had “over-celebrated” and was too hung over to come in."
- "Beef looked at me owlishly, and I thought for a moment that he, too, had over-celebrated."
- "We over-budgeted, overspent, over-celebrated, over-enjoyed and over-entertained our customers."
- "These last two have perhaps been over-celebrated."
- "J. B. Jackson (1985) continues to point out the peculiar quirk in our national character that causes us to over-celebrate individuality, and to thus minimize the role played by cities, towns, and work communities in the formation of American character, life, and landscape."
- "Another important lesson is to not over-celebrate wins."
Etymology
From over- + celebrate.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over