overparked

overparked

English

Etymology

From overpark +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊvəˈpɑːkt/

Adjective

overparked (comparative more overparked, superlative most overparked)

1. (US) Parked for longer than allowed by road markings, meter regulations etc. [from 20th c.]
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 32:

     I was long overparked, but the cops were too busy carrying girls and blowing whistles to bother about that.