verb
- past tense of overcall; to make a higher bid than necessary or appropriate
- past tense of overcall; to call out louder than someone else
Usage: bridge and card games
Examples
- She overcalled with three hearts despite having a weak hand.
- The player overcalled his opponent’s bid by two tricks.
- He overcalled the auctioneer and won the bidding war.
- The coach overcalled the referee’s decision from the sideline.
- They overcalled the original estimate by thousands of dollars.
- The bird’s song overcalled all other sounds in the forest.