over-the-top
adjective
: extremely or excessively flamboyant or outrageous
an over-the-top performance
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Since then, it's gone viral, amassing almost 200,000 views
One family is having an over-the-top Hanukkah celebration.
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
My cousin Shaun and I have been meeting up most weekends to till the fields together, and the primary activity tends to be seeing who can apply the most over-the-top creatively scatological names to the farm animals.
—Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
The violence is more over-the-top, the visuals more absurd.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2024
The match itself was a showcase of all the best aspects of the over-the-top WWE main event style.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
My cousin Shaun and I have been meeting up most weekends to till the fields together, and the primary activity tends to be seeing who can apply the most over-the-top creatively scatological names to the farm animals.
—Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
The violence is more over-the-top, the visuals more absurd.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2024
The match itself was a showcase of all the best aspects of the over-the-top WWE main event style.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Over-the-top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over-the-top. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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