"misswallow" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misswallows [present, singular, third-person], misswallowing [participle, present], misswallowed [participle, past], misswallowed [past]
Etymology: From mis- + swallow. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|swallow}} mis- + swallow Head templates: {{en-verb}} misswallow (third-person singular simple present misswallows, present participle misswallowing, simple past and past participle misswallowed)
  1. To swallow incorrectly.

Inflected forms

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