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Verb: overact  ,ow-vu(r)'akt
  1. Act or perform in an exaggerated or overly dramatic way
    "She tended to overact in emotional scenes";
    - ham it up, ham, overplay

Derived forms: overacts, overacting, overacted

Type of: act, play, playact