Overcall

Quick meaning: Overcall is a verb meaning (poker, bridge) To call a bet after another player has already called.

Meaning

(poker, bridge) To call a bet after another player has already called.

More Meanings

1. (medicine) To diagnose a condition that does not, in fact, exist.
2. (poker, bridge) A call which occurs after another player has already called
3. (contract law) An additional contribution required of investors beyond the initial investment, should unforeseen expenses arise.
4. An extra amount called up beyond the minimum required.
5. An additional creative product that a producer can require at the producer's option during the contract period.
6. (medicine) A positive diagnosis when there is, in fact, nothing wrong.

Example Sentences

Jill bet, Tommy called, and Julie overcalled.

Because these lesions often spontaneously regress, care must be taken to not overcall these lesions on FNA.

Knowledge of the ultrasound findings is important, and appreciating the fetal ultrasound may often undercall or (more often) overcall anomalies.

It's also possible to overcall PSC when motion artifact on the long respiratory-triggered acquisitions leads to the appearance of pseudo-strictures.

Word Forms

• overcalls
• overcalling
• overcalled

Synonyms for overcall

Depending on context, synonyms include overbid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overbid, backraise, check-call, call, insta-call, complete.

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