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/ˈoʊvərtˌaɪm/ Listen

noun

Overtime n.

Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.

(Sports) An extra period of time provided to play a game, beyond the end of the normal period allowed for the game, for the purpose of resolving a tie score; as, the team won in overtime.

sudden death overtime an overtime (2) in which the first team to score wins the game; contrasted with normal overtime (2), which is a fixed period of time during which either team may score as often as they can.

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Etymology of 'Overtime'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... parents, the old melodeon, notwithstanding its age and other infirmities, was worked overtime. Alfred sang and resang the songs they had learned or deceived themselves into believing they had learned at ...

— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field

... working overtime, there won't be any trouble about your getting off long enough to see your sister home. She won't need to do any ...

— Calumet 'K' • Samuel Merwin

... goodness' sake, chain up that annihilator of Bluff's before he gets it working overtime. Looks as if he had an eye on it just now, for game is game to the pot hunter, no matter how he gets it, or what it happens to be," growled Jerry, scowling in the direction of the other, who ...

— The Outdoor Chums - The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club • Captain Quincy Allen

... condition; in fact, one would not be out on a cold day in civilization with the rotten clothes we have on. Turned in 11 o'clock, wet through, but in a better frame of mind. Hope to try and reach the depot to-morrow, even if we have to march overtime. ...

— South! • Sir Ernest Shackleton

... the sweatin' Tommies wonder as they spade the beggars under Why lootin' should be entered as a crime; So if my song you'll 'ear, I will learn you plain an' clear 'Ow to pay yourself for fightin' overtime. ...

— Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads • Rudyard Kipling

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