Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-ac-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).

Uncountable

Etymology

From over- + action.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overactions (plural)

Questions

What does overaction mean?
Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
Where does overaction come from?
From over- + action.

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