over the topadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvə ðə ˈtɒp/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvər ðə ˈtɑp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over prep., the adj., top n.¹ and adj.

Etymology: < over prep. + the adj. + top n.¹ and adj.

A. adv.

1. In the First World War (1914–18): over the parapet of a trench and into battle; usually in to go over the top. Now historical or in extended use.ⓘ

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)]

to lay ona1225

assailc1325

sailc1330

assemblea1375

to fall inc1384

to fall ona1387

givec1430

brunt1440

to set (all) on sevenc1440

to ding on1487

to fall down1534

offend1540

to go on1553

to give on?1611

to let fly1611

strikea1616

insult1638

to set on1670

aggress1708

to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791

hop over1929

1915 First Eastern Gen. Hosp. Gaz. 6 July 120 Then the Captain gave the order to charge, at the same time mounting the parapet, and over the top we went, the Captain shouting ‘Come on.’

1916 War Illustr. 9 Sept. 80/1 Some fellows asked our captain when we were going over the top.

?1917 L. Boynton in P. Robbins Maude Adams (1956) xiii. 187 Maude alone never seemed lacking in the vitality, the gaiety, the enthusiasm required to set the pace and carry the play and inspire in everyone the spirit to go over the top six evenings and two matinées a week.

1923 Publishers' Circular 24 Nov. 703/2 If Canada, metaphorically speaking, ‘goes over the top’, it will be..against the wishes of her own authors and publishers.

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song iii. vii. 267 To-morrow was Jon's last sitting, and she was going ‘over the top!’ All the careful possessing of her soul these two months since she had danced with him..would by this time to-morrow be ended.

1962 Listener 22 Mar. 529/1 The BBC needs to be braver and sometimes is. So let there be a faint hurrah as Auntie goes over the top.

1971 S. Hill Strange Meeting 120 Armstrong went over the top with the first wave and was hit almost at once.

1992 Independent 29 Oct. 34/2 As one hooly-footsoldier says of the England manager: ‘Taylor? I wouldn't follow him over the top, if you know what I mean.’

2013 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Nov. c3 120,000 British soldiers went ‘over the top’, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The operation immediately went disastrously wrong.

2. colloquial. Beyond reasonable or acceptable limits; to an excessive or exaggerated degree; too far; usually in to go over the top.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adverb]

egregiously1553

hyperbolically1555

overreachingly1571

hyperbolicly1596

overlashinglya1613

superlativelyc1615

exaggerately1646

theatrically1647

fulsomely1657

fancifully1801

exaggeratedly1854

exaggeratively1856

exaggeratingly1858

over the top1935

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > excessively or immoderately

att hofelæsc1175

with unskillc1220

above (also beyond) the moonc1300

out of score1303

beyond (also above, over, without) measurea1375

out of (all) measurea1375

beyond measure1526

above (also beyond) the nock1530

out of (also without) all cry1565

out of all hoa1592

over the top1935

1935 L. Steffens Let. 10 Sept. (1938) II. 1007 I had come to regard the New Capitalism as an experiment till, in 1929, the whole thing went over the top and slid down to an utter collapse.

1968 C. Watson Charity ends at Home x. 129 For instance, you said at our first interview that your wife got so worked up about some things that she was in danger of going ‘over the top’, as you put it.

1974 Times 6 Mar. 2/8 We agreed to give every possible support to the Labour Government, including not going over the top with wage claims.

2011 Canwest News Service (Nexis) 23 Nov. Everything in Veiller's plot that was oh so suspenseful back in 1916 is sent way over the top.

3. In sporting contexts: up and over the top of a person or thing; over the head of an opposing player.

ΚΠ

1969 Guardian 17 Oct. 20/8 She chipped over the top superbly, for Wilson to sink a putt from six feet for the game.

1971 Daily Tel. 3 May 25/1 David Coley kicked over the top and this stripped the game down to the unkind question of whether the Wanderers had anyone as quick as Tim Butter and Bob Lloyd.

1985 Sunday Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Sept. Halfback Peter Sterling, one of the key men in the Parramatta team, chipped over the top and regathered to score beside the posts.

1991 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 26 Oct. Scotland were awarded a penalty when Peter Winterbottom dived over the top and full-back Gavin Hastings thumped the ball over.

B. adj. Frequently with hyphens.

1. In sporting contexts: that goes over the top of a person or thing (esp. an opposing player).

ΚΠ

1927 T. J. Lieb Line Coaching vi. 61 On the ‘over the top’ charge the guard must fake his intent as to what he is going to do and with the snap of the ball hurdle or dive over the man in front of him.

1981 N.Y. Times 26 Nov. d19/4 An over-the-top dive by Greg Bell failed to produce a first down with about 10 minutes remaining.

2022 Salisbury Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 Feb. Josh Carey converted after being played in with an over-the-top ball, but any joy was short lived as the hosts again restored parity through a Graham set-piece.

2. That exceeds reasonable or acceptable limits; highly exaggerated; extravagant, outrageous. Abbreviated OTT.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree

overmeteeOE

unmeeteOE

unimeteOE

unmethelyOE

over-mickleOE

hoflesc1175

overmucha1300

unskilwisea1340

unskilfulc1370

luxuriousc1374

overseemingc1384

superfluec1384

unreasonablea1387

outrageousc1390

over-greatc1390

overlargec1390

overgrowna1398

unmeasurablea1398

unmoderatea1398

unordinatea1398

immoderate1398

rankc1400

overabundantc1410

excessivea1420

superabundant?a1425

unmeasureda1425

superfluousc1475

nimious?c1500

surfeitc1500

overliberala1535

torc1540

exceeding1548

distemperate1557

over-ranka1568

overswelling1582

accessive1583

overaboundinga1600

overteeming1603

excessful1633

overproportionated1647

superproportioned1652

over-proportioned1662

overproportionate1672

unduea1684

unequal1704

unmerciful1707

hypermetric1854

hypertrophied1879

over the top1980

1980 Sunday Times 9 Mar. 5/3 He is in London to promote..a highly self-indulgent film in which he plays an over-the-top rodeo star who suddenly finds himself rich through promoting cornflakes.

1986 Sunday Express Mag. 9 Nov. 64/4 Glorious bad taste is the hall-mark of 50s costume jewellery and the most typically over-the-top pieces command the highest prices.

2000 J. S. Jones Welsh Boys Too 63 ‘He took another lover,’ Jane said. ‘God... That's a bit over the top, isn't it?’ Adrian quizzed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	over the top
释义	over the topadv.adj. Brit. /ˌəʊvə ðə ˈtɒp/, U.S. /ˌoʊvər ðə ˈtɑp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over prep., the adj., top n.¹ and adj. Etymology: < over prep. + the adj. + top n.¹ and adj. A. adv. 1. In the First World War (1914–18): over the parapet of a trench and into battle; usually in to go over the top. Now historical or in extended use.ⓘ ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)] to lay ona1225 assailc1325 sailc1330 assemblea1375 to fall inc1384 to fall ona1387 givec1430 brunt1440 to set (all) on sevenc1440 to ding on1487 to fall down1534 offend1540 to go on1553 to give on?1611 to let fly1611 strikea1616 insult1638 to set on1670 aggress1708 to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791 hop over1929 1915 First Eastern Gen. Hosp. Gaz. 6 July 120 Then the Captain gave the order to charge, at the same time mounting the parapet, and over the top we went, the Captain shouting ‘Come on.’ 1916 War Illustr. 9 Sept. 80/1 Some fellows asked our captain when we were going over the top. ?1917 L. Boynton in P. Robbins Maude Adams (1956) xiii. 187 Maude alone never seemed lacking in the vitality, the gaiety, the enthusiasm required to set the pace and carry the play and inspire in everyone the spirit to go over the top six evenings and two matinées a week. 1923 Publishers' Circular 24 Nov. 703/2 If Canada, metaphorically speaking, ‘goes over the top’, it will be..against the wishes of her own authors and publishers. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song iii. vii. 267 To-morrow was Jon's last sitting, and she was going ‘over the top!’ All the careful possessing of her soul these two months since she had danced with him..would by this time to-morrow be ended. 1962 Listener 22 Mar. 529/1 The BBC needs to be braver and sometimes is. So let there be a faint hurrah as Auntie goes over the top. 1971 S. Hill Strange Meeting 120 Armstrong went over the top with the first wave and was hit almost at once. 1992 Independent 29 Oct. 34/2 As one hooly-footsoldier says of the England manager: ‘Taylor? I wouldn't follow him over the top, if you know what I mean.’ 2013 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Nov. c3 120,000 British soldiers went ‘over the top’, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The operation immediately went disastrously wrong. 2. colloquial. Beyond reasonable or acceptable limits; to an excessive or exaggerated degree; too far; usually in to go over the top. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adverb] egregiously1553 hyperbolically1555 overreachingly1571 hyperbolicly1596 overlashinglya1613 superlativelyc1615 exaggerately1646 theatrically1647 fulsomely1657 fancifully1801 exaggeratedly1854 exaggeratively1856 exaggeratingly1858 over the top1935 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > excessively or immoderately att hofelæsc1175 with unskillc1220 above (also beyond) the moonc1300 out of score1303 beyond (also above, over, without) measurea1375 out of (all) measurea1375 beyond measure1526 above (also beyond) the nock1530 out of (also without) all cry1565 out of all hoa1592 over the top1935 1935 L. Steffens Let. 10 Sept. (1938) II. 1007 I had come to regard the New Capitalism as an experiment till, in 1929, the whole thing went over the top and slid down to an utter collapse. 1968 C. Watson Charity ends at Home x. 129 For instance, you said at our first interview that your wife got so worked up about some things that she was in danger of going ‘over the top’, as you put it. 1974 Times 6 Mar. 2/8 We agreed to give every possible support to the Labour Government, including not going over the top with wage claims. 2011 Canwest News Service (Nexis) 23 Nov. Everything in Veiller's plot that was oh so suspenseful back in 1916 is sent way over the top. 3. In sporting contexts: up and over the top of a person or thing; over the head of an opposing player. ΚΠ 1969 Guardian 17 Oct. 20/8 She chipped over the top superbly, for Wilson to sink a putt from six feet for the game. 1971 Daily Tel. 3 May 25/1 David Coley kicked over the top and this stripped the game down to the unkind question of whether the Wanderers had anyone as quick as Tim Butter and Bob Lloyd. 1985 Sunday Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Sept. Halfback Peter Sterling, one of the key men in the Parramatta team, chipped over the top and regathered to score beside the posts. 1991 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 26 Oct. Scotland were awarded a penalty when Peter Winterbottom dived over the top and full-back Gavin Hastings thumped the ball over. B. adj. Frequently with hyphens. 1. In sporting contexts: that goes over the top of a person or thing (esp. an opposing player). ΚΠ 1927 T. J. Lieb Line Coaching vi. 61 On the ‘over the top’ charge the guard must fake his intent as to what he is going to do and with the snap of the ball hurdle or dive over the man in front of him. 1981 N.Y. Times 26 Nov. d19/4 An over-the-top dive by Greg Bell failed to produce a first down with about 10 minutes remaining. 2022 Salisbury Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 Feb. Josh Carey converted after being played in with an over-the-top ball, but any joy was short lived as the hosts again restored parity through a Graham set-piece. 2. That exceeds reasonable or acceptable limits; highly exaggerated; extravagant, outrageous. Abbreviated OTT. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree overmeteeOE unmeeteOE unimeteOE unmethelyOE over-mickleOE hoflesc1175 overmucha1300 unskilwisea1340 unskilfulc1370 luxuriousc1374 overseemingc1384 superfluec1384 unreasonablea1387 outrageousc1390 over-greatc1390 overlargec1390 overgrowna1398 unmeasurablea1398 unmoderatea1398 unordinatea1398 immoderate1398 rankc1400 overabundantc1410 excessivea1420 superabundant?a1425 unmeasureda1425 superfluousc1475 nimious?c1500 surfeitc1500 overliberala1535 torc1540 exceeding1548 distemperate1557 over-ranka1568 overswelling1582 accessive1583 overaboundinga1600 overteeming1603 excessful1633 overproportionated1647 superproportioned1652 over-proportioned1662 overproportionate1672 unduea1684 unequal1704 unmerciful1707 hypermetric1854 hypertrophied1879 over the top1980 1980 Sunday Times 9 Mar. 5/3 He is in London to promote..a highly self-indulgent film in which he plays an over-the-top rodeo star who suddenly finds himself rich through promoting cornflakes. 1986 Sunday Express Mag. 9 Nov. 64/4 Glorious bad taste is the hall-mark of 50s costume jewellery and the most typically over-the-top pieces command the highest prices. 2000 J. S. Jones Welsh Boys Too 63 ‘He took another lover,’ Jane said. ‘God... That's a bit over the top, isn't it?’ Adrian quizzed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < adv.adj.1915
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