"over the top" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-over the top.ogg Forms: more over the top [comparative], most over the top [superlative], over-the-top [alternative]
Etymology: The adjectival form first appears c. 1935. See cite below. The adverbial form (in reference to World War I) first appears c. 1915. Head templates: {{en-adj}} over the top (comparative more over the top, superlative most over the top)
  1. (idiomatic) Beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: excessive, exaggerated, OTT, too much Translations (beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated): přehnaný (Czech), overdreven (Dutch), te veel van het goede (Dutch), yliampuva (Finnish), liika (Finnish), übertrieben (German), zuviel des Guten (German), des Guten zu viel (German), schon nicht mehr schön (German), etwas zu weit gehend (German), túlzás (Hungarian), претеран (preteran) [masculine] (Macedonian), acima do limite (english: normal) (Portuguese), excessivo (Portuguese), exagerado (Portuguese), exagerat (Romanian), din cale-afară (Romanian), subido de tono (Spanish), desmesurado (Spanish), exagerado (Spanish), dramático (Spanish), överdådig (Swedish), överdriven (Swedish), เว่อร์ (wə̂ə) (Thai), aşırı (Turkish), fazladan (Turkish), haddinden fazla (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-over_the_top-en-adj-mgv91MER Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 11 41 10 38 Disambiguation of 'beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated': 98 2
  2. (communication) Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device. Translations (delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device): επιφυής (epifyís) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-over_the_top-en-adj-Q1l-0Ls8 Categories (other): Communication, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 11 41 10 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 44 9 35 Topics: communication, communications Disambiguation of 'delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device': 2 98

Adverb [English]

Audio: en-au-over the top.ogg Forms: more over the top [comparative], most over the top [superlative], over-the-top [alternative]
Etymology: The adjectival form first appears c. 1935. See cite below. The adverbial form (in reference to World War I) first appears c. 1915. Head templates: {{en-adv}} over the top (comparative more over the top, superlative most over the top)
  1. (not comparable, World War I) Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack. Tags: World-War-I, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-over_the_top-en-adv-uJEWVZV8 Categories (other): World War I
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, top.
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Alternative forms

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        "(communication) Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device."
      ],
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        "communications"
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "přehnaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "overdreven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "te veel van het goede"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "yliampuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "liika"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "übertrieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "zuviel des Guten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "des Guten zu viel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "schon nicht mehr schön"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "etwas zu weit gehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "túlzás"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "preteran",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "претеран"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "normal",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "acima do limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "excessivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "exagerado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "exagerat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "din cale-afară"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "subido de tono"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "desmesurado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "exagerado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "dramático"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "överdådig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "överdriven"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wə̂ə",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "เว่อร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "aşırı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "fazladan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated",
      "word": "haddinden fazla"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epifyís",
      "sense": "delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device",
      "word": "επιφυής"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "en:World War I"
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "most over the top",
      "tags": [
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}

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