overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

overshot.

powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/UK/ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/US
  1. powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)

  2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

noun/ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/UK/ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/US
  1. An overshot water wheel.

  2. A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.

verb/ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/UK/ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/US
  1. simple past and past participle of overshoot

    form-of · participle · past
FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

overshot has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

overshot studioovershot workshello, overshot

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.