OVERDRIVE


Meaning of OVERDRIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈō-vər-ˌdrīv ]

noun

Date: 1926

1. : an automotive transmission gear that transmits to the drive shaft a speed greater than engine speed

2. : a state of heightened activity

going into rhetorical overdrive

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.