mispull

mispull verb: to pull badly, using incorrect technique.

Verb

mispull (third-person singular simple present mispulls, present participle mispulling, simple past and past participle mispulled)

To pull badly, using incorrect technique.
- Recruits had the appearance of “mispulled taffy."2005, Alan D. Gaff, Blood in the Argonne: The "Lost Battalion" of World War I, page 23
- The second ball of his second over is a shortish, straight delivery that Hussey, cramped for room, mispulls straight.2011, Matthew Hancock, Paul Johnson, 766 and All That, page 177
To pull something that one should not pull.
- A mispulled switch . . One of those minor accidents common to electric lighting systems .1920, Bertrand W. Sinclair, Poor Man's Rock, page 179
- This 0.2 % covers miscellaneous breakage, some minor pilferage, mispulled product, and so on.1991, Thomas J. Beirne, Henry Dauderis, Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Decision Making, page 371

mispull (plural mispulls)

An act of mispulling.
- Today, a management spokesperson reports, mispulls and misfiles are about 30 percent lower than they were under the old setup.1980, Supervision - Volumes 42-43, page 23
- At other times, the Klamath unit handles regular trimming while the 1-M unit can accommodate material that must be rehandled, such as mispulls, retrim, regrade and remanufacture.1982, Timber Processing Industry - Volume 7, page 12

Jess's eyelids had slid down over those icy-blue eyes, almost closed, almost crooked, like mispulled blinds.2018, Glen Hirshberg, Nothing to Devour: Motherless Children #3:
Where are the losses factored in from rework correcting mispulled items because the pull list was hard to read?1994, Mark L. Richie, Quality Management for Educational Technology Services, page 160:
The tip would read as follows: never defend on the basis that your expert opponent has mispulled his card.2003, Michael Schoenborn, “Rabbit Bridge”, in Ray Lee, Linda Lee, editors, Northern Lights: The Best of Canadian Master Point Magazine...
On January 11, however, Ochoa again committed a mispull.1990, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1016:

Verb
third-person singular present	mispulls
present participle	mispulling
past participle	mispulled
past	mispulled
Noun
plural	mispulls

From mis- + pull.

What does mispull mean?: Mispull means to pull badly, using incorrect technique.
How do you use mispull in a sentence?: Jess's eyelids had slid down over those icy-blue eyes, almost closed, almost crooked, like mispulled blinds.
What part of speech is mispull?: Mispull can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mispull?: The past tense of mispull is mispulled.

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