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misspat

misspat is the simple past and past participle of misspit.

Meaning of misspit

Verb

misspit (third-person singular simple present misspits, present participle misspitting, simple past and past participle misspat or misspit)

  1. To spit badly, such as missing the location where one is aiming.
    • Richer than all the Orient In gold and glory, in want and woe, In self-denial and days misspent, In truth and treason in good and guilt, In ivied ruins and altars low, In battered walls and blood misspit— Glorious, gory Mexico.1895, Jeannette Leonard Gilder, Joseph Benson Gilder, The Critic - Volume 27, page 452

Questions about misspat

What is misspat the simple past and past participle of?
Misspat is the simple past and past participle of misspit.

Words near misspat in the dictionary

  1. missouts
  2. misspace
  3. misspaced
  4. misspaces
  5. misspacing
  6. misspat
  7. misspeak
  8. misspeaker
  9. misspeakers
  10. misspeaking
  11. misspeakings

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