Definitions for undershot

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undershot un·der·shot

Spelling: [uhn-der-shot; for 3 also uhn-der-shot]

IPA: /ˈʌn dərˌʃɒt; for 3 also ˌʌn dərˈʃɒt/

Undershot is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 650 anagrams from letters in undershot (dehnorstu).

Definitions for undershot

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of undershoot.

adjective

1. having the front teeth of the lower jaw projecting in front of the upper teeth, as a bulldog.
2. driven by water passing beneath:

verb (used with object)

1. to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
2. Aeronautics. (of an aircraft or pilot) to land before reaching (a landing strip) because of a too rapid loss of altitude.

verb (used without object)

1. to shoot or launch a projectile so as to strike under or short of a target.

Origin of undershot

First recorded in 1600-10; under- + shot²

Examples for undershot

undershot wheel, and it looks as though it could be raised or lowered.

The faded moonlight showed angry eyes, a jutting, undershot jaw and a sharp, pointed nose.

The jaws of all the sharks are so undershot that, in order to grip their prey, they must perforce turn over on their sides.

Sawyer Gundry could have taken him with one hand and tossed him over the undershot wheel.

undershot wheel, and it looks like it could be raised or lowered.

Its volume is sufficient, even in time of severest drought, to turn the undershot wheel of a large mill.

The rest of the work is the same as for the undershot wheel.

With this undershot wheel, the shoot represented in the plate is not required.

“He undershot, yet as I was bending close to it he would have bagged me,” I said.

Scoop wheels are similar to undershot water wheels, and centrifugal pumps to turbines.