overshot
Speech parts
1. overshot - Noun
2. overshot - Adjective
3. overshot - Verb
Derived from overshoot
5. overshot - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of Overshoot
From Overshoot, v. t.
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Examples
an overshot jaw
Canadian Lance Stroll also caused some drama when he overshot his pit-lane stop and sent the waiting front jack mechanic tumbling to the ground.
Eighteen people, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed and several others injured when the flight from Dubai with 190 people onboard overshot the tabletop runway at the Karipur airport and fell into a valley.
Eight shells overshot the station, but the ninth hit a Portakabin which was being used as a canteen.
Jennings (1966), p. 211. Cannon fire was exchanged several times, though the British attempts fell short or overshot their mark, including an attempted broadside from Belvidera.
The Yorkists, however, had sneaked in close, and the Lancastrian artillery overshot their enemies.