overdribble

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

over- +‎ dribble

VerbEdit

overdribble ‎(third-person singular simple present overdribbles, present participle overdribbling, simple past and past participle overdribbled)

1. (basketball) To dribble the ball excessively.
   • 2009 March 24, Harvey Araton, “For Duke Star, Family Lore in Boston”, in New York Times^[1]:

     The series would end with Magic overdribbling the Lakers into a Game 7 defeat in Boston, where Bird’s triumph over Johnson was illuminated like a darkened Garden full of victory cigars.