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, published 2011, page 32:
      I was long overparked, but the cops were too busy carrying girls and blowing whistles to bother about that.
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