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mis-swing

mis-swing verb: to swing incorrectly.

Verb

mis-swing (third-person singular simple present mis-swings, present participle mis-swinging, simple past and past participle mis-swung)

  1. To swing incorrectly.
    • And Hank taught the youngster to deliberately mis-swing at a certain pitch early in the game; later, in a decisive situation, the pitcher might give him the same pitch again, and he could slam it.2011, Mark Kurlansky, Hank Greenberg: The Hero who Didn't Want to be One, page 117
    • It was winter, with some snow on the ground, but we were making good progress until I mis-swung my axe, bounced it off the tree, and buried it in my leg.2012, Rick Nelson, As I Remember It

Noun

mis-swing (plural mis-swings)

  1. A botched swing
    • Eckhart also speaks of this happening to a man who has misstepped (vertreten, as I recall); God, then, corrects the mis-swing of the man and brings him back to the Tao or Logos.2012, Philip K Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Pamela Jackson, The Exegesis of Philip K Dick
    • So the stance was crucial, because a mis-swing or glancing blow off the wood could veer towards a leading leg.2019, Joanna Foat, Lumberjills: Britain's Forgotten Army

Forms of mis-swing

Verb
third-person singular presentmis-swings
present participlemis-swinging
past participlemis-swung
pastmis-swung
alternative formmisswing
Noun
pluralmis-swings

Origin of mis-swing

From mis- + swing.

Questions about mis-swing

What does mis-swing mean?
Mis-swing means to swing incorrectly.
What part of speech is mis-swing?
Mis-swing can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mis-swing?
The past tense of mis-swing is mis-swung.

Words near mis-swing in the dictionary

  1. mis-spellings
  2. mis-spells
  3. mis-spelt
  4. mis-step
  5. mis-sung
  6. mis-swing
  7. mis-swinging
  8. mis-swings
  9. mis-swung
  10. mis-theorise
  11. mis-theorised

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