overdrive

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

Noun

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the traditional top gear, mainly to allow better fuel economy at highway speeds. In the 21st century, such gears are no longer viewed as "extra" and thus rarely called by this name.
2. (figuratively, uncountable) A state of heightened activity.
3. (countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable) Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty).
4. (countable, uncountable) A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element.

Teenoorgestelde van

low gear

Sinonieme

overuse

fag out

jade

override

wear out

overexcitation

over drive

exhaust

overspeed drive

Vertalings

afjakkeren

afbeulen

afmatten

ultrapassagem

overdrive

übersteuern

κατακουράζω

Schnellgang

sobremarxa

surmultipliée

survirer

surutiliser

surrégime

abusare

υπερτάχυνση

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: overdriven

Geërf van Old English: oferdrīfan

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: uurdrieuwe

Verwante met Nederlands: overdrijven

Verwante met Duits: übertreiben

Verwante met Noors: overdrive

In summary

From Middle English overdriven, from Old English oferdrīfan, equivalent to over- + drive. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurdrieuwe (“to overdo, overstate”), Dutch overdrijven (“to exaggerate”), German Low German overdrieven, överdrieven (“to overdo, exaggerate”), German übertreiben (“to overdo, exaggerate”), Norwegian overdrive (“to exaggerate”).