Word Meanings - UNDERSHOOT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To shoot short of .
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- SHORT-WITED
Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. - SHOOTING
1. The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light. 2. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically , the killing of game; as, a week of shooting. 3. A sensation of darting pain; - SHORT CIRCUIT
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. - SHORT-HANDED
Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. - SHORTHEAD
A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors. - SHORTCAKE
An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked. - SHORTLY
1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer. I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. 2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in - SHORT-JOINTED
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. - SHORT-DATED
Having little time to run from the date. "Thy short-dated life." Sandys. - SHORT-WAISTED
Having a short waist. - SHORT
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short. He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell. To sell short , to sell, for future delivery, - SHORTENING
That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc. (more info) 1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter. - SHOOT
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, - SHORTSTOP
The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases. - SHORT-SPOKEN
Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. - SHORT-BREATHED
1. Having short-breath, or quick respiration. 2. Having short life. - SHORTSIGHTED
1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia. 2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect. 3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. -- Short"sight`ed*ly, adv. - SHORTEN
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. 2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; - SHORTCLOTHES
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings. - SHORT-LIVED
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion. - OVERSHOOT
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. - TRAP SHOOTING
Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter. - OUTSHOOT
To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon. Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. Norris. - UNDERSHOOT
To shoot short of . - SIX-SHOOTER
A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. - SEVEN-SHOOTER
A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading. - RED-SHORT
Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron. -- Red"-short`ness, n.