with objectIn the performance of a musical piece: to prolong (a dotted note), and consequently shorten the succeeding note; to play so as to exaggerate a dotted rhythm.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Times. From over- + dot.
Definition of overdot in US English:
overdot
verbˌəʊvəˈdɒt
Music
with objectIn the performance of a musical piece: to prolong (a dotted note), and consequently shorten the succeeding note; to play so as to exaggerate a dotted rhythm.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Times. From over- + dot.