overlapping adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •That overlaps something elseA long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists. — 1851 noun1 •The situation in which things overlap.This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle. — 2018 formsoverlappings · more overlapping · most overlapping