mishammer
mishammer verb: to hammer improperly.
Verb
mishammer (third-person singular simple present mishammers, present participle mishammering, simple past and past participle mishammered)
- To hammer improperly.
- When my most jesus fear is crucified By ready nails at every stranger's eye, By christian words mishammered at my ear, They are my fears, not I, that die.1947, Here and Now, page 63
- Now in its 46th year, the Society welcomes everyone who can sing, act, dance, paint, sew, draw, hammer nails or remove nails that have been mishammered.1993, Discover: The Greater Ann Arbor Area, page 75
Examples of mishammer in a sentence
- If they cut a board wrong or mishammered a nail, the board went into the scrap heap.1996, Earl Proulx, Yankee Magazine's Make It Last, page 114:
- I should know to be still when, down below the house in his workshop, he is mishammering a nail.2008, Kathleen Stewart, The After Life: A Memoir, page 20:
Forms of mishammer
| third-person singular present | mishammers |
|---|---|
| present participle | mishammering |
| past participle | mishammered |
| past | mishammered |
Origin of mishammer
From mis- + hammer.
Questions about mishammer
- What does mishammer mean?
- Mishammer means to hammer improperly.
- How do you use mishammer in a sentence?
- If they cut a board wrong or mishammered a nail, the board went into the scrap heap.
- What part of speech is mishammer?
- Mishammer is a verb.
- What is the past tense of mishammer?
- The past tense of mishammer is mishammered.
Words near mishammer in the dictionary
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