Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overhit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: over-hit
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hit too far or too hard.

Example Sentences

"The golfer overhit his shot onto the green, and it rolled into the bunker."
"Kane did more than anyone to provoke the crowd’s dissent with his overhit passes and misdirected shots."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English hit English overhit From over- + hit.

Inflected Forms

overhits (present, singular) overhitting (participle, present)

Questions

What does overhit mean?: To hit too far or too hard.
Where does overhit come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English hit English overhit From over- + hit.

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