undershot

1. 1.

   having a lower part projecting beyond the upper

   “an underhung jaw”

   “undershot bulldog”

   Synonymsunderhungunderslung

   Similarprotrusive

Questions about undershot

What does undershot mean?

undershot means "having a lower part projecting beyond the upper".

How many syllables are in undershot?

undershot has 3 syllables: un-der-shot. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for undershot?

Close synonyms include underhung, underslung. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is undershot a common word?

undershot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.