oversignal

verb

Etymology

From over- + signal.

  1. derived from signum
  2. derived from signālis
  3. derived from signāle
  4. derived from segnal
  5. prefixed as oversignal — “over + signal

Definitions

  1. To signal excessively.

    • Thus an employer who truly plans to stay around may have to "oversignal" with incentive systems that are too expensive for those who plan to cut and run […]
    • By invoking the metaphor of a semaphore, Burke marks the ability of an operatic performance to signal strongly — even to oversignal — and to do so in a stiff, exaggerated way, as with flags on sticks.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oversignal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA