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undershot en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/ (UK)
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Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Powered by water flowing from below. (of a water wheel)
  2. (not-comparable) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
    • His blunt undershot mouth curved in a smile that was somewhat ingratiating. 1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 3, in The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 50:

Translations (2)

bg подливен (powered by water flowing from below) · ga íos-scairde (powered by water flowing from below)

undershot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/ (UK)
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Meanings

  1. An undershot water wheel.

Forms

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undershots Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

overshot

undershot en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of undershoot
    form of undershoot