UNDERSHOOT (undershot)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: undershot   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does undershoot mean? 

• UNDERSHOOT (verb)
  The verb UNDERSHOOT has 2 senses:

1. fall short of (the runway) in a landing

2. shoot short of or below (a target)

  Familiarity information: UNDERSHOOT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERSHOOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they undershoot    ... he / she / it undershoots   
Past simple: undershot   
Past participle: undershot   
-ing form: undershooting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fall short of (the runway) in a landing

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The plane undershot the runway

Hypernyms (to "undershoot" is one way to...):

land; set down (reach or come to rest)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shoot short of or below (a target)

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "undershoot" is one way to...):

miss (fail to reach)

"Undershoot" entails doing...:

blast; shoot (fire a shot)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

overshoot (shoot beyond or over (a target))

 Context examples 

“Better to overshoot than to undershoot,” added Aylward.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The jaw is undershot and powerful.

(Dogue-de-Bordeaux, NCI Thesaurus)

The Griffon is a sturdy toy dog of square proportions with a domed head, undershot jaw, and a very short nose.

(Brussels Griffon, NCI Thesaurus)