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mis-swung

mis-swung is the simple past and past participle of mis-swing.

Meaning of mis-swing

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

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Questions about mis-swung

What is mis-swung the simple past and past participle of?
Mis-swung is the simple past and past participle of mis-swing.

Words near mis-swung in the dictionary

  1. mis-step
  2. mis-sung
  3. mis-swing
  4. mis-swinging
  5. mis-swings
  6. mis-swung
  7. mis-theorise
  8. mis-theorised
  9. mis-theorises
  10. mis-theorising
  11. mis-theorize

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