different between overshot vs overshoot

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.v????t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v????t/

Verb

overshot

1. simple past tense and past participle of overshoot

Adjective

overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)

1. (of a water wheel) powered by water that flows over the top from above
2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

Translations

Noun

overshot (plural overshots)

1. An overshot water wheel.

Related terms

• undershot

English

Etymology

over- +? shoot

Pronunciation

• (noun) (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v??shut/
• (verb) (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v??shut/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Noun

overshoot (plural overshoots)

1. (uncountable) The amount by which something goes too far.

2. (countable, ecology) When the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
3. (uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.

Verb

overshoot (third-person singular simple present overshoots, present participle overshooting, simple past and past participle overshot)

1. To go past something; to go too far.
2. To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
3. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hartle to this entry?)

4. (figuratively) To exceed.
5. (reflexive) To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).

References

• “overshoot”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.