overshot
Syllables: o·ver·shot/ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt//ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/
overshot is the simple past and past participle of overshoot.
Adjective
overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)
- powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)
- Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.
Noun
overshot (plural overshots)
- An overshot water wheel.
- A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.
Meaning of overshoot
Verb
overshoot (third-person singular simple present overshoots, present participle overshooting, simple past and past participle overshot)
- To go past something; to go too far.
- When you drive, you must remember to not overshoot the parking space and end up with two wheels over the line.
- To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
- not to overshoot his game1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
- To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
- To exceed.
- to overshoot the truth
- Synonyms:
- overrun
- To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).
- To record too much photographic footage.
Forms of overshot
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more overshot |
| superlative | most overshot |
| Noun | |
| plural | overshots |
Words that rhyme with overshot
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- blot
- rot
- apricot
- ribat
- bot
- got
- not
- red-hot
- snot
- stot
- tot
- calotte
- jot
- a lot
- allot
- clot
- cot
- fembot
- frot
- mot
- quat
- swot
- white-hot
- begot
- cannot
- forgot
- garrote
- grot
- marotte
- not so hot
- nott
- Nouakchott
- piping hot
- scot
- scrot
- sot
- subplot
- swat
- thot
- wot
- yacht
- asquat
- beach ball plot
- besot
- brat
- carotte
- chamotte
- chott
Questions about overshot
- What does overshot mean?
- Overshot means powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel).
- What is overshot the simple past and past participle of?
- Overshot is the simple past and past participle of overshoot.
- What part of speech is overshot?
- Overshot can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce overshot?
- Overshot is pronounced /ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/ (UK).
Words near overshot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: overshot (page history and authors); overshoot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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