1. past tense and past participle of overswing; to swing too far or with excessive force

Examples

• The golfer overswung and missed the ball completely.
• She overswung the bat and lost her balance.
• The pendulum overswung past its normal arc.
• He overswung the tennis racket and hit the ball into the net.
• The crane operator overswung the load and had to readjust.