"misstring" meaning in English

See misstring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misstrings [present, singular, third-person], misstringing [participle, present], misstrung [participle, past], misstrung [past]
Etymology: mis- + string Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|string}} mis- + string Head templates: {{en-verb|misstrings|misstringing|misstrung}} misstring (third-person singular simple present misstrings, present participle misstringing, simple past and past participle misstrung)
  1. To string incorrectly.
    Sense id: en-misstring-en-verb-~iqCt90t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misstring meaning in English (2.0kB)

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