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missped

missped is the simple past and past participle of misspeed.

Meaning of misspeed

Verb

misspeed (third-person singular simple present misspeeds, present participle misspeeding, simple past and past participle missped)

  1. To fail in an attempt to speed something along.
    • Is there anything in which the nurse has failed? the hostess come short? the huntress missped? the pretty waiter-girl blundered?1874, Julie P. Smith, Ten Old Maids: And Five of Them Were Wise, and Five of Them Were Foolish, page 369

Questions about missped

What is missped the simple past and past participle of?
Missped is the simple past and past participle of misspeed.

Words near missped in the dictionary

  1. misspeculated
  2. misspeculates
  3. misspeculating
  4. misspeculation
  5. misspeculations
  6. missped
  7. misspeech
  8. misspeed
  9. misspeeding
  10. misspeeds
  11. misspell

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