overshoot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overshoot	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for overshoot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overshoot n an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt Synonym(s): overshoot, wave-off, go-around v shoot beyond or over (a target) Antonym(s): undershoot aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overshoot \O`vershoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshot}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overshooting}.] 1. To shoot over or beyond. [bd]Not to overshoot* his game.[b8] --South. 2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle. 3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper. {To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far; to assert too much.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. i. To fly beyond the mark. --Collier.