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Definition of Misplay
1. Noun. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.
2. Verb. Play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note. "They will misplay the duet"
3. Verb. Play wrong or in an unskillful manner.
Definition of Misplay
1. Verb. To play incorrectly or poorly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misplay
1. to make a bad play in a game [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misplay
Literary usage of Misplay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1887)
"... and that one misplay, who had procured some pension money for Mrs. Boyer,
furnished her with necessaries, but to what extent does not appear. ..."
2. The American Educational Monthly for the School and the Family (1866)
"If the enemy permit the misplay, or there is no challenge, the mis- player cannot
use his next turn, since he has anticipated it. 3. ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"The fielder's ambition is to play his game without error or misplay; his pit,
... But while the play may be errorless, it may be a misplay, a mistake, ..."
4. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"A fielding error consists of such a misplay, either in handling the ball (muffing,
etc.) ór in poor judgment as to where to throw it, that it prolongs the ..."
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