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misclimbing

misclimbing is the present participle and gerund of misclimb.

Meaning of misclimb

Verb

misclimb (third-person singular simple present misclimbs, present participle misclimbing, simple past and past participle misclimbed)

  1. To make a mistake while climbing; to climb too far or in the wrong direction.
    • Or show you restless, miswandering, misclimbing ones new and easier footpaths?1909, Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Thomas Common, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, →ISBN

Questions about misclimbing

What is misclimbing the present participle and gerund of?
Misclimbing is the present participle and gerund of misclimb.

Words near misclimbing in the dictionary

  1. misclicked
  2. misclicking
  3. misclicks
  4. misclimb
  5. misclimbed
  6. misclimbing
  7. misclimbs
  8. misclock
  9. misclocked
  10. misclocking
  11. misclocks

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