verbWord forms: -swings, -swinging or -swung(intransitive)
golf, baseball
to swing too hard when hitting a ball
overswing in American English
(ˌouvərˈswɪŋ)
intransitive verbWord forms: -swung, -swinging
Baseball & Golf
to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power
Word origin
[1920–25; over- + swing1]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, checkout, montage, ski jump, superpower