misswing

English

Verb

misswing (third-person singular simple present misswings, present participle misswinging, simple past and past participle misswung)

1. Alternative form of mis-swing
   • 2005, Ian Lendler, Alcoholica Esoterica, page 106:

     The ones who survived were sent out into the cane fields, where they encountered tropical heat, disease, poisonous snakes, and sometimes the misswung machetes of other workers.

   • 2009, John Niven, The Amateurs, page 145:

     For a split second he though he might have completely misswung and missed the ball altogether, for there had been no resistance, barely any sensation of the club hitting anything at all.

   • 2014, Andre Norton, Tales from High Hallack:

     It was she who stopped the lifeblood flow when Karl misswung an axe until Herta could come.

Noun

misswing (plural misswings)

1. Alternative form of mis-swing
   • 1982, Peter Kostis, Larry Dennis, The Inside Path to Better Golf, page 176:

     The slightest misswing can cause you to blade the ball.

   • 2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure:

     Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.