Definition of overthrow

• v. t. - To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
• v. t. - To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
• n. - The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
• n. - The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.
• n. - A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.