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• past participle of overshoot.
• past tense form of overshoot.

overshot

American  

[oh-ver-shot, oh-ver-shot] / ˈoʊ vərˌʃɒt, ˌoʊ vərˈʃɒt /

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.

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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 British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of overshot

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

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Example Sentences

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overshot

After it overshot the runway, the plane - Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598 - struck equipment on the ground, hit a white Ford van, then continued onward through a perimeter fence.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

An Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway as it landed Sunday in Miami, crashing into vehicles and catching fire, officials said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

“While the single-family-home market is still recovering from the COVID-era shock, the condo market has overshot its baseline considerably,” Berner said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

UnitedHealth shares jumped 7% after it reported earnings that overshot Wall Street expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Then he fell asleep on the train, overshot Urbana-Champaign and had to hire a cab in the middle of the night for $70 to make it back to his motel.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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