"misplay" meaning in English

See misplay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɪsˈpleɪ/, /ˈmɪspleɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misplay.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misplay2.wav Forms: misplays [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + play. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|play}} mis- + play Head templates: {{en-noun}} misplay (plural misplays)
  1. A wrong play.
    Sense id: en-misplay-en-noun-rgwJw1tY

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈpleɪ/, /ˈmɪspleɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misplay.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misplay2.wav Forms: misplays [present, singular, third-person], misplaying [participle, present], misplayed [participle, past], misplayed [past]
Etymology: From mis- + play. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|play}} mis- + play Head templates: {{en-verb}} misplay (third-person singular simple present misplays, present participle misplaying, simple past and past participle misplayed)
  1. (transitive) To play incorrectly or poorly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misplay-en-verb-n7G31uHB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84

Inflected forms

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