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misspin

misspin verb: to spin badly (any sense).

Verb

misspin (third-person singular simple present misspins, present participle misspinning, simple past and past participle misspun)

  1. To spin badly (any sense)
    • Were some ordained their lives in pits to spend, From infant years until their latter end, Nor see creation, hill nor dell nor grove, Their threads of life misspun, the web miswove, Without due knowledge, in their dark abode, Of fellow-man, far less the living God?1861, John Ritchie, The Sabbeth Bell. A Poem for the People, page 14
    • Positive acting , air-driven Rail Shifting System assures instant stops. No overshifting, misclipping or misspinning.1969, Textile Industries - Volume 133, page 128

Noun

misspin (plural misspins)

  1. An instance of misspinning.
    • Ergonomics is a designer's lost art, and the modern high-end dashboard is a "why drive" random maze of soon-to-be-executive mispushes, misspins, and misslides.2004, Car and Driver - Volume 50, page 24

Forms of misspin

Verb
third-person singular presentmisspins
present participlemisspinning
past participlemisspun
pastmisspun
Noun
pluralmisspins

Origin of misspin

From mis- + spin.

Questions about misspin

What does misspin mean?
Misspin means to spin badly (any sense).
What part of speech is misspin?
Misspin can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misspin?
The past tense of misspin is misspun.

Words near misspin in the dictionary

  1. misspending
  2. misspendings
  3. misspends
  4. misspense
  5. misspent
  6. misspin
  7. misspinning
  8. misspins
  9. misspit
  10. missplice
  11. misspliced

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