The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
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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