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▪ I. overcall, v. Bridge.|əʊvəˈkɔːl|
[over- 22, 26.]
a. trans. and intr. To make a bid higher than (a previous bid or another player).
1908R. F. Foster Auction Bridge 54 Neither should he bid a number of tricks which is more than necessary to overcall the previous declaration. 1916F. Irwin Compl. Auction Player 66 There is also a perfectly good suit with which to over-call. 1917E. Bergholt Royal Auction Bridge 85 Here Y{ddd}is justified in over-calling with One Spade. 1918R. F. Foster On Auction (1919) 183 The partner may be called upon to assist..when the second hand overcalls the dealer. 1929M. C. Work Compl. Contract Bridge ii. 9 He may overcall a No Trump with a suit-bid, or overcall a suit-bid with another suit or No Trump. 1974Country Life 17 Jan. 98 To overcall One Club with One Spade on a modest hand is worthwhile.
b. To bid more on (one's hand) than it is worth. Also fig.
1927A. H. Pollen in ‘Neon’ Gt. Delusion p. xvi, The bright young conjurers of Kingsway have been overcalling their hands. 1930Time & Tide 11 Apr. 463 His partner had been overcalling. 1934L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized 31 Sometimes a forced bid is also a forcing bid, in that the intention is to make the opponents over call.
▪ II. overcall, n. Bridge.|ˈəʊvəkɔːl|
[f. the vb.]
A bid which is higher than a previous bid (see also quot. 1959). Cf. overbid n.
1916F. Irwin Compl. Auction Player 65 To bid against your partner, when no one else has bid, is to use the over⁓call. 1917E. Bergholt Royal Auction Bridge 85 Third hand should not carry on the contest further, unless he has some additional reason which his first overcall was not sufficient to proclaim. 1959Reese & Dormer Bridge Player's Dict. 159 An overcall is a bid made after an opponent has opened the bidding. 1973Country Life 10 May 1331/1, I had to take West's One Spade overcall into account. He was likely to have both missing Kings. |