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What (who) is overdrive - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
OverDrive; Over Drive; Overdrive (Song); Overdrive (disambiguation); Overdrive (song); Overdrive (album)
Overdrive
<processor> An Intel Pentium processor which fits into a
socket designed to accomodate an Intel 486, or into a
special upgrade socket on the motherboard.
(1995-03-27)
overdrive
(overdrives)
1.
The overdrive in a vehicle is a very high gear that is used when you are driving at high speeds.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n
2.
If you go into overdrive, you begin to work very hard or perform a particular activity in a very intense way.
In the courtroom everybody went into overdrive, assuming that there might well be a verdict soon.
PHRASE: PHR after v
overdrive
¦ noun
1. a gear in a motor vehicle providing a gear ratio higher than that of the usual top gear.
2. a state of high or excessive activity.
3. a mechanism allowing the exceeding of a normal operating level in equipment, especially the amplifier of an electric guitar.
¦ verb [usu. as adjective overdriven]
1. drive or work to exhaustion.
2. give (an electric guitar) a distorted sound.
Examples of use of overdrive
1. Rock musician Blair Thornton (Bachman Turner Overdrive) is 57.
2. Liberal–left bloggers backing Lamont have been in overdrive.
3. And then the rumour mill really went into overdrive.
4. Fewtrells and McArthurs investigation now went into overdrive.
5. Time was of the essence and we moved into overdrive.