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mistalks

mistalks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mistalk.

mistalks is the plural of mistalk.

Meaning of mistalk

Verb

mistalk (third-person singular simple present mistalks, present participle mistalking, simple past and past participle mistalked)

  1. To speak badly; to stutter, garble one's words, mispronounce words, substitute incorrect words, or make other such errors.
    • The dictater frequently misreads or mistalks a word. If the error is plain, and leaves no room for doubt that it is an error, don't copy that error.1904 October, Charles G. Mutzenbergh, “The Stenographer”, in The Phonographic Magazine and National Shorthand Reporter
    Synonyms:
    misspeak
  2. To talk inappropriately, misleadingly, mistakenly, or otherwise untruely.
    • But the only thing that he retained of this first study was a certain "breathlessness" which is not absent in Shelley, but which assumes quite different form in Browning, and which is in fact the right name for his much mistalked of "obscurity."1910, George Saintsbury, A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day, page 218
    Synonyms:
    misspeak

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Questions about mistalks

What is mistalks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mistalks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mistalk.

Words near mistalks in the dictionary

  1. mistakings
  2. mistal
  3. mistalk
  4. mistalked
  5. mistalking
  6. mistalks
  7. mistallied
  8. mistallies
  9. mistally
  10. mistallying
  11. mistals

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