Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To exaggerate; boast or vaunt too much.
- To proceed to excess.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
drive onrashly ; to go toexcess . - verb obsolete, by extension To
exaggerate ; toboast .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
over- + lash. Compare English dialect lash extravagant, lashing lavish.
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