undershot

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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

Noun

undershot (plural undershots)

  1. An undershot water wheel.

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