overboard
/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Outside of a boat; in the water.
adv
Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
adv
Excessively; too much.
Example Sentences
- "It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard."
- "Theon Greyjoy is the most well developed character on that stage, and the action comes down to him. Euron, with Yara underneath his ax, goads Theon into attack. But Theon is overwhelmed by the violence all around him, and instead he jumps overboard."
- "Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings."
- "They really went overboard with the party preparations."
- "In reality, brains go overboard with this sort of fear validation. They love any chance to prove a fear is valid while ignoring all the reasons it's not."
- "‘Call home that runt Edmund Bonner. He has trotted after me from Spain into France and I swear the next time we take ship I will overboard him.’"