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OVERSHOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overshot mean?
• OVERSHOT (adjective)
The adjective OVERSHOT has 1 sense:
1. having an upper part projecting beyond the lower
Familiarity information: OVERSHOT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower
Context example:
an overshot jaw
Similar:
protrusive (thrusting outward)
Context examples
You have clean overshot the butts this time, mon camarade.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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