overplay

Verb

Verb Forms: overplayed, overplaying, overplays

• To exaggerate or overemphasize something.
• exaggerate one's acting
• To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
• To play (a song or record) too frequently, often to the point of causing weariness and annoyance.
• To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.
• To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".

Examples

• He tended to overplay the importance of blocking, ignoring offensive opportunities on the Words With Friends board.
• Jack won the last match of blackjack; Theo overplayed.
• The first few shots went wonderfully, but Robin overplayed the last and lost.
• When Chris overacted his part again, the director warned that anyone overplaying would be barred from the next production.

Synonyms

ham, ham it up, overact

Antonyms

underact