different between overfull vs overpull

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English overful, overfulle, from Old English oferfull (“overfull”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uberfullaz; equivalent to over- +? full. Cognate with German übervoll (“overfull”), Swedish överfull (“overfull”).

Adjective

overfull (not comparable)

1. excessively filled; full to overflowing

Alternative forms

• overful (obsolete)

Derived terms

• overfully
• overfullness

Related terms

• overfill

Etymology 2

over- +? full house

Noun

overfull (plural overfulls)

1. (poker) A full house that beats someone else's full house.

   • […] let's say the flop comes 9-9-8, with the open pair on top. One player has J-T-9-8 for the overfull—9s full of 8s for the nut full house—while another player has 8-8-7-6 for 8s full of 9s and the "underfull". The player with the underfull is both getting smashed and drawing dead.

Antonyms

• underfull

Hypernyms

• full house
• hand (poker sense)

English

Etymology

From over- +? pull.

Noun

overpull (usually uncountable, plural overpulls)

1. (in an oil well) The amount of force that must be exerted on a pipe to pull it upward, above and beyond its own weight, due to drag and other forces.

Verb

overpull (third-person singular simple present overpulls, present participle overpulling, simple past and past participle overpulled)

1. (transitive) To pull something with more force than (someone or something).
2. (transitive) To pull (something) too far, or with too much force.
3. (video games) To lure away more monsters than one can handle in combat.
   • 2008, "Jobbles", Dead server economy? (on newsgroup alt.games.warcraft)

     A big mistake I see a lot of warlocks do is overpulling with whatever demon they're using. VW's good for two (maybe three), but the succubus is only good for one at a time. But young warlocks don't know this, so they send their demon into a pack of mobs, start up with their DOT's and suddenly find themselves in the middle of melee because the demon can't hold aggro.

Anagrams

• pull over, pullover