Overboard

2 definitions found

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

  Overboard \O"ver*board`\, adv.
     Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into
     the water; as, to fall overboard.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {To throw overboard}, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent


        or friend.
  
     {To go overboard}, to go to an extreme; to overdo; as, he
        went overboard at the buffet and got an upset stomach.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overboard
       adv 1: to extremes; "he went overboard to please his in-laws"
       2: from on board a vessel into the water; "they dropped their
          garbage overboard"