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misgrabs

misgrabs is the plural of misgrab.

misgrabs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misgrab.

Meaning of misgrab

Noun

misgrab (plural misgrabs)

  1. A failed attempt to grab something.
    • He hauls in the twenty yards of it in frantic haste, making many a misgrab and getting more excited, I'll warrant, than he ever was with any but his first bear.1903, Forest and Stream - Volume 61, page 215
  2. (figuratively) A mistake.
    • It is easy for the American visitor to make a “misgrab” here because, blinded by the surface similarities, he fails to take the hidden differences into consideration.1964, William J. Danker, Two Worlds Or None: Rediscovering Missions, page 91

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Questions about misgrabs

What is misgrabs the plural of?
Misgrabs is the plural of misgrab.

Words near misgrabs in the dictionary

  1. misgovernors
  2. misgoverns
  3. misgrab
  4. misgrabbed
  5. misgrabbing
  6. misgrabs
  7. misgrace
  8. misgraced
  9. misgraces
  10. misgracing
  11. misgrade

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