misplay
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (verb) IPA(key): /mɪsˈpleɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (noun) IPA(key): /ˈmɪspleɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
editmisplay (third-person singular simple present misplays, present participle misplaying, simple past and past participle misplayed)
- (transitive) To play incorrectly or poorly.
- Hyponyms: misfield, miscatch, misthrow; mishit; fumble
- I misplayed that tennis shot: I should have hit it to her right instead of her left.
- 1979, High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America - Volume 29, page 32:
- If there were any misplayed notes or misplucked strings, this listener blissfully unaware of them.
Noun
editmisplay (plural misplays)
- A wrong play.
- His misplay in the bridge tournament was penalized when it was noted he'd broken the rules.