undershot
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/
- Simple past tense and past participle of undershoot
undershot (not comparable)
- (of a water wheel) Powered by water flowing from below.
- (zoology) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
- 1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 50,
- His blunt undershot mouth curved in a smile that was somewhat ingratiating.
- 1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 50,
undershot (plural undershots)
- An undershot water wheel.
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