overshot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb shoot beyond or over (a target)
    overshoot.
  2. verb aim too high
    overshoot.
    • The plan overshoots its aim
  3. adjective satellite having an upper part projecting beyond the lower
    • an overshot jaw

WordNet


O"ver*shot` adjective
Definitions
  1. From Overshoot, v. t.

Webster 1913