Overstrung
[oh-ver-struhng] /ˈoʊ vərˈstrʌŋ/
adjective
1.
overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge:
Their nerves were badly overstrung.
2.
Archery. (of a bow) too tightly.
[oh-ver-string] /ˌoʊ vərˈstrɪŋ/
verb (used with object), overstrung; overstrung or (Rare) overstringed; overstringing.
1.
Music. to arrange the of (a piano) so that the bass cross over the treble.
2.
Archery. to (a bow) too tightly.
/ˌəʊvəˈstrʌŋ/
adjective
1.
too highly strung; tense
2.
(of a piano) having two sets of strings crossing each other at an oblique angle
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