overshooting

Variant of overshoot

overshoot definition

over·shoot (ō′vər s̸ho̵̅o̅t′, ō′vər s̸ho̵̅o̅t′)

transitive verb overshot -·shot′, overshooting -·shoot′·ing

  1. to shoot or pass over or beyond (a target, mark, etc.); specif., to fly an aircraft beyond (a runway, landing field, etc.) while trying to land
  2. to go farther than (an intended or normal limit); exceed

intransitive verb

to shoot or go too far

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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