overshotˈ adjective

1. Shot over
2. Too much shot over
3. Surpassed
4. Overdone
5. In error by overshooting the mark
6. Drunk (obs sl)

1. Having the upper jaw protruding beyond the lower
2. (of a water wheel) fed from above

overshootˈ transitive verb (pap and pat overshotˈ)

1. To shoot over or beyond (one's target)
2. To pass beyond, exceed, fail to stop at (overshoot oneself to venture too far, to overreach oneself)
3. (of a train or aircraft) to fail to come to a halt at (a station) or on (a runway)
4. To shoot, dart, or fly across overhead
5. To surpass in shooting
6. To injure or exhaust by too much shooting
7. To shoot with colour over the surface of

To shoot or go too far

1. An act or occasion of overshooting
2. The extent of overshooting

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