misstop en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + stop.
Meanings
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(rare) To stop badly or wrongly.
[…] the slipping or breaking of a string or the misstopping of a fret.
1894, Edna Lyall, To Right the Wrong, page 260:Even within an apparently English-only range, sounds are difficult enough to govern, as Quince's misstopped Prologue makes clear.
2014, Michael Saenger, Interlinguicity, Internationality, and Shakespeare:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misstops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| misstopped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misstopped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misstopping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |