See Also: overshoot(medicine)
overshoot(1)(dictionary)
overshoot(2)(dictionary)
overshoot(dictionary)

maas (iou) and overshoot(2) (iou)


maas (iou)



maas noun. . E19.
[Afrikaans from Zulu (pl.) amasi curdled milk.]
Thick sour milk.

overshoot(2) (iou)



overshoot verb. . LME.
[from OVER- + SHOOT verb.]
verb trans. & intrans.
a. Go past or pass beyond (a point, limit, stage, etc.), esp. unintentionally or accidentally. LME.
P. Driscoll Filipe missed a turning...'I always overshoot in the dark,' he muttered. He drove back. Observer British Rail overshot its 1981-82 external financing limit.
b. spec. Fly beyond (a designated landing-point) while attempting to land; taxi too far along (a runway) when landing or taking off. E20.
C. A. Lindbergh Bank around for final glide...I'll overshoot if I keep on at this rate. Observer A Philippine Airlines Airbus crashed on to the service road..after overshooting the runway.
verb trans. & intrans. Shoot a missile etc. over or beyond (a target); (of a missile etc.) pass over or beyond (a target). L15.
overshoot the mark: see MARK noun1.
C. Bermant An ink pellet..overshot its target and landed..on the teacher's desk.
verb refl. Shoot over or beyond one's mark; fig. overreach oneself; exaggerate. E16.
verb trans. Utter (a word) too violently. M16-E17.
verb trans. Force beyond the proper limit. M17.
verb trans. Shoot or dart over or above. L18.