A group jumping overboard.
- An example of overboard is a how someone’s sunglasses fall when someone drops them off the side of the cruise ship; dropped overboard.
- An example of overboard is extravagantly celebrating a coworker’s birthday; going overboard with a celebration.
- over a ship's side
- from a ship into the water
Origin of overboardMiddle English ouer borde ; from Old English ofor bord: see over and amp; board
(comparative more overboard, superlative most overboard)