mishearing
mishearing is the present participle and gerund of mishear.
Meaning of mishear
Verb
mishear (third-person singular simple present mishears, present participle mishearing, simple past and past participle misheard)
- To hear wrongly.
- I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead.
- To misunderstand.
Noun
mishearing (plural mishearings)
- The act of hearing something incorrectly.
- The title lyric ["Bei Mir Bistu Shein"], the only part of the original Yiddish preserved by Cahn, was a mondegreen waiting to happen—“My Mere Bits of Shame” and “My Beer, Mr. Shane” were among the earliest recorded mishearings—but the language barrier didn't […]2012, Gary Rosen, Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Hence, rather than being the result of mishearing and assimilation, the application of Hobson-Jobson to the Muharram was intentionally disparaging.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 59
Forms of mishearing
| plural | mishearings |
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Questions about mishearing
- What does mishearing mean?
- Mishearing means the act of hearing something incorrectly.
- What is mishearing the present participle and gerund of?
- Mishearing is the present participle and gerund of mishear.
- What part of speech is mishearing?
- Mishearing is a noun.
- What is the plural of mishearing?
- The plural of mishearing is mishearings.
Words near mishearing in the dictionary
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