overfull meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

overfull

adj

Etymology From Middle English overful, overfulle, from Old English oferfull (“overfull”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uberfullaz; equivalent to over- + full. Cognate with German übervoll (“overfull”), Swedish överfull (“overfull”).

excessively filled; full to overflowing

Derived terms: overfully, overfullness
Related terms: overfill

overfull

noun

Etymology From over- + full house.

Card games, Poker A full house that beats someone else's full house.

[…] let's say the flop comes 9-9-8, with the open pair on top. One player has J-T-9-8 for the overfull—9s full of 8s for the nut full house—while another player has 8-8-7-6 for 8s full of 9s and the "underfull". The player with the underfull is both getting smashed and drawing dead.2008, Jeff Hwang, Pot-Limit Omaha Poker: The Big Play Strategy, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 5:

Antonyms: underfull
Hypernyms: full house, hand