overshot Definition

1. To shoot or go farther than (a target aimed at).

Thesaurus: overreach, exceed, overdo.
2a. Said of an aircraft: to fly beyond or fail to come to a halt on (a runway);
2b. Said of a train: to fail to come to a halt at (a station).
3. To make a mistake as a result of misjudging a situation.

Form: overshoot the mark (especially)

1. The action or an act of overshooting.
2. The degree to which something overshoots.

With the upper jaw protruding beyond the lower one.

Said of a waterwheel: fed from above.