overshoot
Noun · VerbUS[oh-ver-shoot]/ˈoʊvɚˌʃut/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (2)overshot, overshooting
- shoot beyond or over (a target)Opposite undershootMore general miss, blastInvolves aim, take
- aim too high“The plan overshoots its aim”More general draw a bead on, aspireMore specific overrun
Noun (1)
- an approach that fails and gives way to another attemptSynonyms: wave-offgo-aroundType of landing approach
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
O′ver·shoot′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Overshot; present participle & verbal noun Overshooting.]
1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf. “Not to overshoot his game.” Robert South
2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration.
2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.
3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. William Cowper
To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
O′ver·shoot′ intransitive verb
To fly beyond the mark. Jeremy Collier
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors