undershot
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
undershot
- simple past and past participle of undershoot
Adjective edit
undershot (not comparable)
- Powered by water flowing from below. (of a water wheel)
- (zoology) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
- 1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 3, in The Glass Key[1], New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 50:
- His blunt undershot mouth curved in a smile that was somewhat ingratiating.
Translations edit
powered by water flowing from below
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Noun edit
undershot (plural undershots)
- An undershot water wheel.