What does Overboard mean?

Definitions for Overboard
ˈoʊ vərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrdover·board

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overboardadverb

    to extremes

    "he went overboard to please his in-laws"

  2. overboardadverb

    from on board a vessel into the water

    "they dropped their garbage overboard"

Wiktionary

  1. overboardadverb

    over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat

    It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.

  2. overboardadjective

    excessive; too much

    They really went overboard with the party preparations.

ChatGPT

  1. overboard

    Overboard refers to the act of falling or being thrown off a ship or boat into the water. It also can mean going to excessive, overly extreme, or dramatic lengths in action or behavior.

Wikidata

  1. Overboard

    Overboard is a 1987 American romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. It was directed by Garry Marshall, produced by Roddy McDowall, and loosely inspired by the 1974 Italian film Swept Away. In turn, Overboard was adapted into the 2006 South Korean television series, Couple or Trouble.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overboard

    ō′vėr-bōrd, adv. over the board or side: from on board: out of a ship.—Thrown overboard, deserted, discarded, betrayed.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. overboard

    The state of any person or thing in the sea which had been in a ship.--Thrown overboard also means cast adrift by the captain; withdrawal of countenance and support.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Overboard in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Overboard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Overboard in a Sentence

  1. Elizabeth Warren:

    For decades, the leaders of both parties preached the gospel that free trade was a rising tide that would lift all boats, great rhetoric -- except that the trade deals they negotiated mainly lifted the yachts -- and threw millions of working Americans overboard to drown.

  2. Jesse Ang:

    But the suspicion has gone a bit overboard.

  3. Wilbur Ross:

    Our immediate concern is whether the AQR and the stress test are sensible and do not go overboard with negativity because of the recent tumult, as long as the treatment of the institutions is fair and not based on wild assumptions, then in principle many of us would be prepared to participate in a rights offering.

  4. Ronald Reagan:

    Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

  5. Heather Patisaul:

    Because everybody is different, it is impossible to know what the 'right' amount of soy is, but people can certainly go overboard, for people wanting to achieve a reasonably healthy protein intake without experiencing possibly negative effects of soy, there is no need to have soy at every meal or to replace all foods [like milk and cheese] with soy-based ones.

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