Crossword clues for overshot
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot; p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.]
To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf. ``Not to overshoot his game.''
--South.-
Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration.
2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
--Hartle. -
To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth.
--Cowper.To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a. From Overshoot, v. t.
Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its weight.
Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, in reference to water-wheels, "driven by water shot over from above," past participle adjective from overshoot.
Wiktionary
1 (context of a waterwheel English) powered by water that flows over the top from above 2 Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs. v
(en-past of: overshoot)
WordNet
n. an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt [syn: wave-off, go-around]
v. shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: undershoot]
aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"
[also: overshot]
adj. having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an overshot jaw"
See overshoot
Wikipedia
- redirect Water wheel#Overshot wheel
Usage examples of "overshot".
It overshot me a little bit so I got to see the SAVE THE WHALES sticker on the rear bumper.
The ship slowed, reversing, the water boiling at her stern, but she overshot and had to back down.
Jeff Carroum, maneuvering to get his fixed guns on a Zero coming in ahead, overshot the point, and, when he finally dived, he had to come down on his back hi a more than vertical descent in order to get back on his target.
At Kanoya, Owen Young noticed the sparkle of exhaust low over the bay as a Tony took off, and swooped down so eagerly that he overshot and had to drop flaps and wheels to drop back for the burst that sent the enemy flaming into the water.
He headed for home, but a few miles out he was jumped by two Tonys, one of which missed, overshot, ran under and pulled up in front of him, so that he only had to squeeze his trigger to shoot it down.
Scott overshot his intended destination and went further into the past than he intended?
But he had also been wrong: Scott had not failed, had not overshot hundreds of years and brought the Borg to Earth.
Harry was beginning to wonder whether the authorities might have overshot the mark a bit in their effort to prevent panic.
I certainly found what I was looking for, but now I laugh sometimes and say maybe I overshot a little.
After speeding recklessly for twenty minutes through winding country roads lined with horse farms, commercial areas, and suburban housing tracts, Joel overshot Old Country Road, a main east-west thoroughfare.
She had spent some time finding them, because the raiders had moved slower than Matson anticipated and they had overshot the mark.
He perceived how far he had overshot his mark, and how, in seeking treacherously to hurt Ankarstrom, he had succeeded only in hurting himself.
I may have succeeded too well, and our advantage overshot into yet another error.
But her shaking fingers overshot the last turn and she had to dial it again.
But I soon perceived that I had kept by the naked truth too unvarnishedly, and thereby quite overshot my mark.