UNDERSHOT

underhung, undershot, underslung

(adjective) having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; “an underhung jaw”; “undershot bulldog”

UNDERSHOOT

undershoot

(verb) shoot short of or below (a target)

undershoot

(verb) fall short of (the runway) in a landing; “The plane undershot the runway”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

undershot

simple past tense and past participle of undershoot

Adjective

undershot (not comparable)

(of a water wheel) Powered by water flowing from below.

(zoology) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

Noun

undershot (plural undershots)

An undershot water wheel.

Anagrams

• unshorted

Source: Wiktionary


Un"der*shot`, a.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

2. Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.

UNDERSHOOT

Un`der*shoot", v. t.

Definition: To shoot short of (a mark).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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