单词 | misthrow |
释义 | misthrowv.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > wrongly misthrowa1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 549 (MED) Hast thou thin yhen oght misthrowe? 2. transitive. To throw (something) inaccurately or clumsily. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > field [verb (transitive)] > catch or throw ball > badly muff1846 misthrow1896 1896 Westm. Gaz. 14 July 4/2 To fumble the ball or misthrow it. 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 Oct. e1 Bartkowski misthrew on second and third down and the Falcons were forced to settle for a 43-yard field goal. 2001 Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Ca.) (Nexis) 30 Jan. c1 ‘I thought we could throw the football on them...But we dropped some; we misthrew some; we forced some.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1393 |
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