brim over verb3 •To overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.) •To experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.When he proposed, my heart brimmed over. •To be bustlingly full of somethingFlowers, grass, trees, the sun and moon, even the human body, were to him brimming over with song. — 2017 formsbrimmed over · brimming over · brims over