Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overshot

/ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: o-ver-shot
IPA: /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of overshoot

adj

powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)

adj

Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

noun

An overshot water wheel.

noun

A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/
British English: /ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/

Inflected Forms

more overshot (comparative) most overshot (superlative) overshots (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

undershot

Rhymes With

not got lot a lot water lot shot hot not so hot cannot white-hot red-hot spot

Questions

How do you pronounce overshot?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/.
What does overshot mean?: simple past and past participle of overshoot

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