Overbid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overbid \O`ver*bid"\, v. t.
     To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  overbid
       n 1: a bid that is higher than preceding bids
       2: (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid
          (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your
          bid exceeds the value of your hand) [syn: {overcall}]
       v 1: to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,
       2: bid more than the object is worth [ant: {underbid}]
       [also: {overbidding}, {overbidden}]