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mis-swing en · NOUN

From mis- + swing.

A botched swing
- And to her advantage, his mis-swing upset his equilibrium, and so gains her a few seconds. 2023, Angela Slatter, The Wrong Girl & Other Warnings:
- So the stance was crucial, because a mis-swing or glancing blow off the wood could veer towards a leading leg. 2019, Joanna Foat, Lumberjills: Britain's Forgotten Army:
- Eckhart also speaks of this happening to a man who has misstepped (vertreten, as I recall); God, then, corrects the mis-swing of the man and brings him back to the Tao or Logos. 2012, Philip K Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Pamela Jackson, The Exegesis of Philip K Dick:

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misswing		alternative	lexicographic
mis-swings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

From mis- + swing.

To swing incorrectly.
- And Hank taught the youngster to deliberately mis-swing at a certain pitch early in the game; later, in a decisive situation, the pitcher might give him the same pitch again, and he could slam it. 2011, Mark Kurlansky, Hank Greenberg: The Hero who Didn't Want to be One, page 117:
- I seen one man from the 16th nigh chop his foot off when he mis-swung his axe. 2015, Johnny D. Boggs, South by Southwest: A Western Story:
- It was winter, with some snow on the ground, but we were making good progress until I mis-swung my axe, bounced it off the tree, and buried it in my leg. 2012, Rick Nelson, As I Remember It:

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mis-swinging	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
mis-swings	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
misswing		alternative	lexicographic
mis-swung	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
mis-swung	Tense=Past		lexicographic