"miscatch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪskætʃ/ [noun], /mɪsˈkætʃ/ [verb] Forms: miscatches [plural]
Etymology: mis- + catch Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|catch}} mis- + catch Head templates: {{en-noun}} miscatch (plural miscatches)
  1. (fishing) A catch in which the wrong type of fish is caught, and so must be released. Categories (topical): Fishing
    Sense id: en-miscatch-en-noun-87JyCiNA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 6 11 30 14 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 5 20 22 18 8 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 28 7 16 22 20 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 19 13 12 21 23 13 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
  2. The act of catching in which the thing that is caught is then dropped; a fumble.
    Sense id: en-miscatch-en-noun-0vy0Blte Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 19 13 12 21 23 13
  3. An act of catching in which something is caught wrongly, such as in the wrong position.
    Sense id: en-miscatch-en-noun-~-fyP2AP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 6 11 30 14 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 19 13 12 21 23 13
  4. A misperception or misidentification.
    Sense id: en-miscatch-en-noun-ntbA81cv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 6 11 30 14 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 19 13 12 21 23 13

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɪskætʃ/ [noun], /mɪsˈkætʃ/ [verb] Forms: miscatches [present, singular, third-person], miscatching [participle, present], miscaught [participle, past], miscaught [past]
Etymology: mis- + catch Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|catch}} mis- + catch Head templates: {{en-verb|||miscaught}} miscatch (third-person singular simple present miscatches, present participle miscatching, simple past and past participle miscaught)
  1. To make a miscatch (any sense).
    Sense id: en-miscatch-en-verb-05ZeQfuw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 6 11 30 14 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 19 13 12 21 23 13
  2. To stutter or break the flow of words when speaking.
    Sense id: en-miscatch-en-verb-ybSe9aTh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 19 13 12 21 23 13

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1890 February, Mrs. M. A. O'Neil, “Amanuenses Work From a Woman's Stand-Point”, in The Journal of Commercial Education, volume 5, page 166",
          "text": "How great a stumbling block to a good dictator would be the amanuensis who lacks concentration of mind, or through carelessness miscatches a word, and calls out to him in the midst of a brilliant flow of ideas, “wait please, I have not caught the word.\" or, \"excuse me, did you say so and so?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1899, Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner, The Writings of Mark Twain, page 191",
          "text": "After a pause she added these words, memorable forever; words whose meaning she may have miscaught, misunderstood; as to that we can never know; words which she may have rightly understood; as to that, also, we can never know; but words whose mystery fell away from them many a year ago and revealed their real meaning to all the world:",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Ung Kim, Joon-Sung Chang, Seung-Han Park, 21st International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics",
          "text": "Auto detection can be interrupted any time by the user if the program miscatches the markers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, James Flint, 52 Ways to Magic America, page 70",
          "text": "Marty miscaught his coin and sent it spinning across the room, where it disappeared under the sofa.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, William O. Roberts, Bull's Handbook of Sports Injuries, page 256",
          "text": "Boutonniere injuries occur at the PIP finger joint with a disruption of the central slip of the extensor tendon mechanism as a result of longitudinal force to the finger such as that from a basketball that is miscaught.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a miscatch (any sense)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine: Volume 92",
          "text": "A woman near—her face livid in the stage-light and her eyes like cairngorms—miscaught a line and laughed aloud. Her panic at the sound of her own voice alone, was that of a doe parted from the herd.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Greg Barron, Groundrush, page 5",
          "text": "On occasions when he might have discussed Gray with someone other than Jeannie, an anxiety would paw at his throat, his voice would miscatch, and his mind would stutter over what he'd meant to say.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stutter or break the flow of words when speaking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stutter",
          "stutter"
        ],
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "flow",
          "flow"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪskætʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪsˈkætʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "miscatch"
}

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