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mismoves

mismoves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mismove.

mismoves is the plural of mismove.

Meaning of mismove

Verb

mismove (third-person singular simple present mismoves, present participle mismoving, simple past and past participle mismoved)

  1. (ambitransitive) To move wrongly, incorrectly, or in error.
    • Good morra, Willie," says he, with the same old vicious smile. "Good morra and good luck," says Willie, as little as ever mismoved, "won't ye sit down and have a pick of dinner with us?"1904, Seumas MacManus, In Chimney Corners: Merry Tales of Irish Folk Lore
  2. (Northern England, UK, dialectal, transitive) To disturb; trouble; to disconcert; alarm; flurry.
    Synonyms:
    dismay

See all 3 meanings of mismove

Questions about mismoves

What is mismoves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mismoves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mismove.

Words near mismoves in the dictionary

  1. mismounted
  2. mismounting
  3. mismounts
  4. mismove
  5. mismoved
  6. mismoves
  7. mismoving
  8. mismumble
  9. mismumbled
  10. mismumbles
  11. mismumbling

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