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Overcall

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Noun

1. overbid, overcall

(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overcall

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noun (ˈəʊvəˌkɔːl )
1. 
a bid higher than the preceding one
verb (ˌəʊvəˈkɔːl )
2. 
to bid higher than (an opponent)

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Overcall

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1.  Bridge
to make a higher bid than (an opponent or an opponent's bid) when there has been no intervening bid
noun
2. 
such a bid

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Overcall

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v. o·ver·called, o·ver·call·ing, o·ver·calls
Games
v.tr.
To bid beyond or in excess of (a previous bid or player) in a game of cards.
v.intr.
To bid higher than one's opponent when one's partner has not bid in bridge.
n. (ōvər-kôl′)
1. Games
a. An overbid.
b. An instance of overcalling in bridge.
2. The amount of additional money, often 10 to 20 percent of the original amount invested, that can be requested from the financial backers of a theatrical production.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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