# overegg

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛɡ/

## Definitions
1. Chiefly in over-egg the pudding: to spoil (something) by exaggerating it, or an aspect of it; to overdo.

## Etymology
From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + egg, from the phrase over-egg the pudding, a reference to adding too many eggs to a pudding and thereby ruining it.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overegg