overfull

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English overful, overfulle, from Old English oferfull (“overfull”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uberfullaz; equivalent to over- +‎ full. Cognate with German übervoll (“overfull”), Swedish överfull (“overfull”).

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overfull (not comparable)

  1. excessively filled; full to overflowing
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Etymology 2[edit]

over- +‎ full house

Noun[edit]

overfull (plural overfulls)

  1. (poker) A full house that beats someone else's full house.
    • 2008, Jeff Hwang, Pot-Limit Omaha Poker: The Big Play Strategy, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 5:
      […] let's say the flop comes 9-9-8, with the open pair on top. One player has J-T-9-8 for the overfull—9s full of 8s for the nut full house—while another player has 8-8-7-6 for 8s full of 9s and the "underfull". The player with the underfull is both getting smashed and drawing dead.
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