🔍 To exaggerate 🎶 To blow too hard

to overblow

1 8.2

To blow an instrument like a flute too hard so the note sounds shrill

verb
/ˌoʊvərˈbloʊ/

: soplar demasiado

If you overblow the flute, the note will sound shrill.

Examples

The teacher warned the students not to overblow their clarinets during the performance.
She always overblows on the trumpet.
He tends to overblow his achievements when talking to others.
Don't overblow the notes when you play!
If you overblow the flute, the note will sound shrill.
The teacher warned the students not to overblow their clarinets during the performance.
Don't overblow the notes when you play!

Synonyms

to blare

vsto overblow

39 3.8

To make a loud harsh sound that hurts your ears, like a siren

is caused by excessive breath on an instrument producing a shrill unintended tone

to blast

vsto overblow

35 4.1

To make a sudden very loud sound that startles people

is a too forceful breath on a wind instrument causing an unintended shrill sound

How Forceful

to pound

231 1.3

to overblow

1 8.2

blast

41 3.3

to blow

668 1.0

to puff

8 1.4

Surface Forms

overblow infinitive

overblowing present participle

overblows third person singular

overblew past

overblown past participle

Morphology

overblow = blow (transparent) = over + blow

Literal, regular combination of the productive prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessively' with 'blow' yields the sense 'to blow too hard.'

Etymology

Overblow is made from over- ('too much') and blow ('to move air'). So, to overblow a flute or clarinet is to blow too hard and make a thin, shrill sound.