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mistouch

/mɪsˈtʌtʃ/

mistouch verb: to touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.

Verb

mistouch (third-person singular simple present mistouches, present participle mistouching, simple past and past participle mistouched)

  1. To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.

Noun

IPA/ˈmɪstʌtʃ/

mistouch (countable and uncountable, plural mistouches)

  1. Incorrect touch.
    • After a mistouch of a button, the orchestra suddenly rose up out of the pit in mid-performance and travelled on past stage level to tower over both the performers and the audience.2009, Sarah Jennings, Art and Politics: The History of the National Arts Centre, page 73

Forms of mistouch

Verb
third-person singular presentmistouches
present participlemistouching
past participlemistouched
pastmistouched
Noun
pluralmistouches

Origin of mistouch

From mis- + touch.

Questions about mistouch

What does mistouch mean?
Mistouch means to touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
What part of speech is mistouch?
Mistouch can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce mistouch?
Mistouch is pronounced /mɪsˈtʌtʃ/.
What is the past tense of mistouch?
The past tense of mistouch is mistouched.

Words near mistouch in the dictionary

  1. mistotaled
  2. mistotaling
  3. mistotalled
  4. mistotalling
  5. mistotals
  6. mistouch
  7. mistouched
  8. mistouches
  9. mistouching
  10. mistpouffer
  11. mistpouffers

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