overshootv. t.1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf.(South.)2. To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration.()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.()v. i. To fly beyond the mark.(Collier.)