Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mistaken or unskillful play.
- transitive verb To make a misplay of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wrong play.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
play incorrectly or poorly. - noun A wrong play.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note
- noun (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- verb play wrong or in an unskillful manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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And while his misplay was a visible problem again, the Mets squandered this game long before the line drive sailed past him.
Latest News 2009
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And while his misplay was a visible problem again, the Mets squandered this game long before the line drive sailed past him.
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But the shortstop suggested the misplay was a symptom of a broader illness afflicting the Mets on and off the field.
Latest News 2009
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But the shortstop suggested the misplay was a symptom of a broader illness afflicting the Mets on and off the field.
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Did she lose her head or courage, or misplay her muscular part for a moment, she could be hurled a hundred feet by that giant buffet and left wrenched, helpless, and breathless to be pulped on the coral bottom and sucked out by the undertow to be battened on by the fish-sharks too cowardly to take their human meat alive.
THE KANAKA SURF 2010
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It was too good an opportunity to get a hold over the boy for Agno to misplay it.
CHAPTER XIV 2010
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Pujols, whose misplay in the ninth inning cost his team the game, left the stadium minutes after the final out and before his clubhouse opened to the media.
Rangers Rally, Square Series Matthew Futterman 2011
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Beware of the two-par third hole: A misplay of the plateau lay can easily kill a round.
Fathom: Hanging Onto Summer In Wrightsville Beach, NC Fathom 2011
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Then it was Stekelenburg's turn, holding his ground after a misplay in front of the net gave the ever-potent Villa an open shot.
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Then it was Stekelenburg's turn, holding his ground after a misplay in front of the net gave the ever-potent Villa an open shot.
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