overcalln.
/ˈəʊvəkɔːl/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌkɔl/, /ˈoʊvərˌkɑl/ 1. Bridge An act or instance of bidding higher than a previous bid; a bid which is higher than a previous bid (esp. the opening bid of one's opponents). Cf. overcall v.Because a bid must always be higher than the one preceding it, the term overcall is generally used to draw attention to a particularly significant bid.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > bid > other types of bid
ask1872
overcall1890
rescue bid1912
game-goer1913
reverse bid1915
denial1916
rebid1916
overbid?1917
rescue?1917
under-call1923
jump1927
invitation1928
score-bid1928
approach1929
pre-empt1929
one-over-one1931
response1931
cue-bid1932
psychic1932
asking bid1936
reverse1936
shut-out1936
under-bid1945
controlled psychic1959
relay bid1959
raise1964
psych1965
multi1972
splinter bid1977
1890 R. F. Green Solo Whist 15 Over call, any call or declaration after the first.
1916 F. Irwin Compl. Auction Player 65 To bid against your partner, when no one else has bid, is to use the overcall.
?1917 E. 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.
1959 T. Reese & A. Dormer Bridge Player's Dict. 159 An overcall is a bid made after an opponent has opened the bidding.
1973 Country Life 10 May 1331/1 I had to take West's One Spade overcall into account. He was likely to have both missing Kings.
1995 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. 18/6 West could have been forgiven for leaving matters alone, but he was facing a partner who had made a vulnerable overcall.
2. An imposition. rare.
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1911 Amer. Econ. Rev. 1 324 I would avoid any over-call upon your time in presenting these doctrinal axioms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
overcallv.
/ˌəʊvəˈkɔːl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkɔl/, /ˌoʊvərˈkɑl/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > judge, determine [verb (transitive)]
addeemeOE
sayeOE
assizec1399
concludec1405
discernc1425
judgec1425
discussc1430
judicate?1577
aread1593
addooma1599
arbitratea1616
overcall1654
dijudicate1666
result1705
judicialize1851
society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > preside over
govern1340
keep?a1475
oversit1587
overcall1654
preside1665
conduct1839
matronize1877
1654 R. Aylett Susanna i, in Divine & Moral Speculations 3 To him the people with the Elders came, Where they till noon the causes overcall, As now our Iudges in Westminster hall.
2. Cards (chiefly Bridge).
a. transitive. To bid higher than (a previous bid, esp. the opening bid of one's opponents); to bid higher than (a previous bidder); to make (a particular bid) as an overcall. Also intransitive.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > bid higher than previous bid
overcall1889
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > bid higher than previous bid
overcall1889
1889 R. Crawley Solo-whist (new ed.) 11 If the others do not over-call him he names the suit which he makes trumps.
1890 R. F. Green Solo Whist 20 The player who overcalls the call of Abondance by the call of Abondance in trumps, shall declare his call at the time of making it to be Abondance in trumps.
1908 R. F. Foster Auction Bridge 54 Neither should he bid a number of tricks which is more than necessary to overcall the previous declaration.
1918 R. F. Foster On Auction (1919) 183 The partner may be called upon to assist..when the second hand overcalls the dealer.
1929 M. 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.
1958 Listener 9 Oct. 572/1 If he had a suit headed by KQJ and a re-entry he would pass, not overcall.
1993 Bridge Nov. 8/2 South opens three diamonds, and West overcalls four hearts.
b. transitive. Of a bid: to exceed (another) in scoring value. rare.
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1923 Daily Mail 6 Oct. 6/4 Players forget that 4 clubs do not over-call 3 spades.
3. transitive. Bridge. To bid more on (a hand) than is justified by one's cards. Also intransitive. Now frequently figurative.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > types of bid
overbid1887
double1894
redouble1894
to go back1900
pre-empt1913
rebid1914
S.O.S.1926
overcall1927
cue-bid1932
psych1932
to sign off1932
reverse1939
sacrifice1952
to pass out1959
stop1959
underbid1974
under-call-
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > types of bid
double1894
redouble1894
respond1901
overbid1908
underbid1908
to take out of ——1909
rebid1914
rescue1921
jump1927
overcall1927
pre-empt1928
cue-bid1932
psych1937
1927 A. H. Pollen in ‘Neon’ Great Delusion p. xvi The bright young conjurers of Kingsway have been overcalling their hands.
1930 Time & Tide 11 Apr. 463 His partner had been overcalling.
1934 L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized (rev. ed.) 31 Sometimes a forced bid is also a forcing bid, in that the intention is to make the opponents over call.
1985 P. Devlin Easing the Passing (1986) xv. 137 The former had overcalled his hand and sown confusion with a new theory of the murder which neither the Attorney-General nor Dr Ashby was ready to support.
1992 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Sept. 15 Linford Christie..may have overcalled his hand in turning down a showdown with Carl Lewis in Tokyo next weekend.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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