An overshot jaw. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : The missile overshot its target. ,to overshoot a stop sign. ,turbulent water overshooting the top of the dam. ,It looked as though his self-confidence had overshot itself. From Dictionary.com.
Goa Sampark Kranti Express apparently "overshot" the. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Chain-pulling before accident being investigated] Reference
Equities have "overshot" to the downside, thus resulting in excessively low valuations. From Wordnik.com. [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference
'In short, we can see if the VIX has' overshot 'to the downside relative to changes in other cross asset risk metrics. From Wordnik.com. [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference
'overshot' early this week because of market expectations of a rapid appreciation in the. From Wordnik.com. [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference
Fortunately our position was such that they overshot us. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
He tried to look certain, but was overshot into cock-sure. From Wordnik.com. [Settled] Reference
We can let the water fall into the buckets of an overshot wheel. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881] Reference
Describe the appearance of the teeth in an overshot or undershot jaw. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
"In other words, Miss Dean overshot the mark she aimed at," interjected. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
The whole was moved by an overshot waterwheel placed at the Bellevue dock. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference
Does that mean it landed 200 meters further down or just went -- overshot. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference
Also, the FAA now says those Northwest pilots who overshot the Minneapolis-St. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009] Reference
In both the overshot and undershot jaws, the incisor teeth become abnormally long. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
SHAW: I can't say any more than the fact that it overshot the runway by 200 meters. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference
With a vague uneasiness she realized the possibility that she had overshot the mark. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
The plane apparently overshot the runway, skidded into a rice field and caught fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2007] Reference
SHAW: All we can say is that it overran -- it overshot the runway by some 200 meters. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference
An old mill with its overshot wheel spanned the ravine and filled it with noisy rattle. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
He eagerly accepted this establishment of equality between them, and overshot his mark. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Where sufficient fall is available -- at least three feet -- the overshot wheel is used. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
Coffin pushed himself through so hard that he overshot and caromed off the farther wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning Bridge] Reference
A fatherly spirit it was truly -- was for driving me mad off hand, but overshot the mark. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864] Reference
But come to "have" when once "had not" it's clear we've overshot, in fact, by quite a lot!. From Wordnik.com. [David Katz, M.D.: Nutritious Foods: Being Smarter Than the Average Bear] Reference
The plane apparently overshot the runway, skidded right into a rice field and caught fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2007] Reference
For a second, however, as he watched the old man's face, he feared he had overshot the mark. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
We then had a mile to retreat through as hot a fire as could well be made but they mostly overshot us. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
Then a pleasant expectation overshot his gloomy face; he smiled, and his teeth glittered, and his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864] Reference
At the river we found we had overshot our party, so we had to follow the river up to find their encampment. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills] Reference
Unfortunately, our plane overshot its runway and ended up in Leningrad with the Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble. From Wordnik.com. [Annoying Music For Labor Day] Reference
Kenny chose indignantly to tell it all again and overshot the mark, bringing Garry down upon him with a bark. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
Yamada on the way down, but by some unaccountable reason we overshot the mark and found ourselves in Kama-ichi instead. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
We were so nearly straight under them, however, that they overshot us, although they were barely one hundred yards from us. From Wordnik.com. [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference
The plane overshot Minneapolis, its destination airport, by roughly 100 miles, before the cockpit crew realized the mistake. From Wordnik.com. [Investigators Suspect Pilot Distraction In Two Recent Airliner Incidents] Reference
At last, climbing above the bank of vapour, he found that he had overshot the mark, so he turned quickly and sped backwards. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
The common deformities of the jaw and teeth are the overshot or parrot-mouth, the undershot or lantern-jaw, and the scissor-mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
In the effort to project his mind into their mind, he has overshot the mark; he has not been able yet to get his own mind back again. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
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