"over the top" meaning in English

See over the top in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-au-over the top.ogg Forms: more over the top [comparative], most over the top [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} over the top (comparative more over the top, superlative most over the top)
  1. (idiomatic) Bold; 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), överdådig (Swedish), överdriven (Swedish), เว่อร์ (wə̂ə) (Thai), aşırı (Turkish), fazladan (Turkish), haddinden fazla (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-over_the_top-en-adj-VVp6ZXw2 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 35 8 37 Disambiguation of 'beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated': 98 2
  2. (communication) Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device. Categories (topical): Communication 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): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 35 8 37 Topics: communication, communications Disambiguation of 'delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: over-the-top

Adverb

Audio: en-au-over the top.ogg Forms: more over the top [comparative], most over the top [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} over the top (comparative more over the top, superlative most over the top)
  1. (not comparable, from World War I) Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-over_the_top-en-adv-uJEWVZV8
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, top. Categories (topical): World War I
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: over-the-top

Alternative forms

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      "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"
    },
    {
      "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": "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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    "over-the-top media service"
  ],
  "word": "over the top"
}

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      "form": "more over the top",
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        "Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack."
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        "(not comparable, from World War I) Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack."
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        "from World War I"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, top."
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      "audio": "en-au-over the top.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/En-au-over_the_top.ogg/En-au-over_the_top.ogg.mp3",
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      "word": "over-the-top"
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}

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