[oh-ver-pley] 
| 1. | to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos. |
| 2. | to put too much stress on the value or importance of: A charitable biographer had overplayed the man's piety and benevolence. |
| 3. | Cards. to overestimate the strength of (the cards in one's hand) with consequent loss. |
| 4. | Golf. to hit (the ball) past the putting green. |
| 5. | Archaic. outplay. |
| 6. | to exaggerate one's part, an effect, etc.; overact: Without a firm director she invariably overplays. |
| o·ver·play (ō'vər-plā') v. o·ver·played, o·ver·play·ing, o·ver·plays v. tr.
To overdo a role or an effect. |
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