undershot

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/

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Verb

undershot

1. simple past and past participle of undershoot

Adjective

undershot (not comparable)

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