Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Overshoot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshot}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overshooting}.]
1. To shoot over or beyond. ``Not to overshoot his game.''
--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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overshoot
n : an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
[syn: {wave-off}, {go-around}]
v 1: shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: {undershoot}]
2: aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"
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