undershot

undershot

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/

Verb

undershot

1. simple past tense and past participle of undershoot

Adjective

undershot (not comparable)

1. (of a water wheel) Powered by water flowing from below.
2. (zoology) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
   • 1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 50,

     His blunt undershot mouth curved in a smile that was somewhat ingratiating.

Translations

powered by water flowing from below

Bulgarian: подливен (podliven) Irish: íos-scairde

Noun

undershot (plural undershots)

1. An undershot water wheel.

Related terms

• overshot

Anagrams

• unshorted