overshot

[oh-ver-shot, oh-ver-shot]

adjective

1. driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.

2. having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, as a dog.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of overshoot.

noun

1. (in weaving) a pattern formed when filling threads are passed over several warp threads at a time.

overshot

/ ˈəʊvəˌʃɒt /

adjective

1. having or designating an upper jaw that projects beyond the lower jaw, esp when considered as an abnormality

2. (of a water wheel) driven by a flow of water that passes over the wheel rather than under it Compare undershot

Word History and Origins

Origin of overshot¹

First recorded in 1525–35; over- + shot ¹

Example Sentences

This simple, stylish spot is so unassuming, I walked by it twice before realizing I’d overshot the address.

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It didn’t reach that mark until the 1980s, and it’s not the first time, nor the last, that a prediction of the city’s future overshot the target.

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His lead was halved when he overshot the 15th green and made bogey, but he immediately fought back with a 10-foot birdie on the par-five 16th where McIlroy could only post par.

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McIlroy channelled his nerves while his American opponent faltered - his hopes drowning when he overshot the island green 17th, the second of the three play-off holes.

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But he overshot very seriously... so we had to be particularly careful not to appear to be part of any such movement.”

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