Becoming too hot, especially beyond safe operating temperature; or in arguments, becoming too emotionally intense.
Compound of 'over-' and 'heating,' from Old English 'hæt' (hot). The prefix intensifies the base concept of heat.
Computers overheat when dust blocks cooling systems, but animals overheat too—when their bodies can't release heat fast enough, they can suffer dangerous heat exhaustion!
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