overhang

[oh-ver-hang, oh-ver-hang]

verb (used with object)

overhung, overhanging 

1. to hang or be suspended over.

   A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.

2. to extend, project, or jut over.

   A wide balcony overhangs the garden.

3. to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil; loom over.

   The threat of war overhung Europe.

4. to spread throughout; permeate; pervade.

   the melancholy that overhung the proceedings.

5. Informal.,  to hover over, as a threat or menace.

   Unemployment continues to overhang the economic recovery.

verb (used without object)

overhung, overhanging 

1. to hang over; project or jut out over something below.

   How far does the balcony overhang?

noun

1. something that extends or juts out over; projection.

2. the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship.

3. Informal.,  an excess or surplus.

   an overhang of office space in midtown.

4. a threat or menace.

   to face the overhang of foreign reprisals.

5. Architecture.,  a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony.

overhang

verb

1. to project or extend beyond (a surface, building, etc)

2. (tr) to hang or be suspended over

3. (tr) to menace, threaten, or dominate

noun

1. a formation, object, part of a structure, etc, that extends beyond or hangs over something, such as an outcrop of rock overhanging a mountain face

2. the amount or extent of projection

3. aeronautics

   1. half the difference in span of the main supporting surfaces of a biplane or other multiplane

   2. the distance from the outer supporting strut of a wing to the wing tip

4. finance the shares, collectively, that the underwriters have to buy when a new issue has not been fully taken up by the market

Word History and Origins

Origin of overhang¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + hang

Example Sentences

And with Nvidia projecting that its gross margins will stay in the mid-70s range next year, even as prices for its components go up, Rasgon said that eliminates “another potential overhang.”

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The expiry could be the biggest overhang on Thai Airways’ shares, he adds.

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This comes without the overhang from UniCredit, with which it has a key distribution deal in Italy that might not be renewed once it lapses in mid-2027.

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In stock markets, these overhangs usually run six to 18 months.

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“While valuation is not demanding, we view the lack of clear visibility into a meaningful inflection point as the primary overhang on the stock,” he added.

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