In computer programming, overkill is referred to writing excessively more code than needed for a certain task. It can also mean writing up an endless function for which an already built-in one is available, and that the written one can even be less stable.
Foo wrote a 97 line function to calculate days between two dates when all he could have done (using php) is convert the Gregorian Dates to Julian Dates using built-in function GregorianToJD() and execute a simple subtraction, now that's overkill. This would reduce the code to 2-3 lines.
by neuroxik September 8, 2007
Taking something that was awesome and overusing it so much that it starts to suck, and become annoying. Usually done by the annoying outsider in the group who doesn't know when to stop. Ofter this occurs by going too far with it, as well.
Person A - Hey remember when blah blah blah...
Person B - That was a month ago. It was barely funny then, and it isn't funny now. Overkill!
Person A - Man, the only way you could have gotten that mark was by sleeping with the teacher!
Person B - Shut up.
Person C - Yeah! You must have like. Spread your legs to pass for anything, and screwed every teacher up the ass!
Person A - Yeah, you just overkilled it.
Person B - That was a month ago. It was barely funny then, and it isn't funny now. Overkill!
Person A - Man, the only way you could have gotten that mark was by sleeping with the teacher!
Person B - Shut up.
Person C - Yeah! You must have like. Spread your legs to pass for anything, and screwed every teacher up the ass!
Person A - Yeah, you just overkilled it.
by More Awesome Than Thou November 14, 2005
the practice of doing something to much or repeating the same joke. mostly used in humor or competitions.
knock knock!
whos there?
tiny!
tiny who?
tiny fucked a stump!
haha.
dude he fucked ir hard.
yeah.
n fast!!!
really?
n the he droped a huge load of jizzu-----
ok fag, dont overkill it.
whos there?
tiny!
tiny who?
tiny fucked a stump!
haha.
dude he fucked ir hard.
yeah.
n fast!!!
really?
n the he droped a huge load of jizzu-----
ok fag, dont overkill it.
by Madd Jester September 6, 2003
A word popular amongst people who play MUDs or other MMORPGS. To kill with an excessive amount of force usually in unfair Player VS Player fights.
In a Mud I use to play (called MUME) this was the most classic example:
Player1 attempts to fight Player2 in a fair fight. Player2 gets his ass kicked and calls for backup. Player1 gets trapped or Spam killed by Player2, Player3, Player4 and Player 5.
Player1 attempts to fight Player2 in a fair fight. Player2 gets his ass kicked and calls for backup. Player1 gets trapped or Spam killed by Player2, Player3, Player4 and Player 5.
by Chris F. March 8, 2005
Verb/ A term used in Final Fantasy X which means that you did a massive amount of to an enemy who had a smaller amount of life. In real life it can be used when someone kills a joke or tells a dead-on-arrival joke and tries to add to the joke to make it funny but ends up destroying it even more.
guy1: dude listen to this joke
guy2: k
(guy1 tells a bad joke)
guy2: that sucked
guy1: no, no, no you don't get it let me explain
(guy1 explains and throws in some extra stuff)
guy2: please dude don't overkill
guy2: k
(guy1 tells a bad joke)
guy2: that sucked
guy1: no, no, no you don't get it let me explain
(guy1 explains and throws in some extra stuff)
guy2: please dude don't overkill
by Shinji7676 February 14, 2009
1.The term used in Halo 3 when four kills are achieved with under 4 seconds between each kill; a multi-kill. In Halo 3 a medal is awarded and "Overkill" is read in a dramatic tone.
2. Used when someone is caught the fourth time in a row doing something.
3. Over the top; extreme.
2. Used when someone is caught the fourth time in a row doing something.
3. Over the top; extreme.
1. *Kills four people in halo 3 with 1 rocket* "OVERKILL!!!"
2. "Tony spit out the gum for the fourth time"
"OVERKILL!"
3. The atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima were overkill.
2. "Tony spit out the gum for the fourth time"
"OVERKILL!"
3. The atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima were overkill.
by HungAzn January 12, 2009
by d_fresh_money June 4, 2010