misplay
/mɪsˈpleɪ
/verb [with object]
Play (a ball or card) wrongly, badly, or in contravention of the rules: both balls were misplayed figurative Labour’s leaders misplayed their hand last week...
- One of those singles was due to the Queen's returner misplaying the ball near the goal line and having no choice but to concede the point.
- He has shown a tendency to put his head down and slow down after misplaying balls, but that's more because he gets upset with himself.
- The Irish industry seriously misplayed their cards and shot themselves in the foot.
noun /mɪsˈpleɪ /
/An instance of misplaying a ball or card: they scored twice, helped by misplays from the left fielder...
- Their decisive six-run first inning in Game 5, too, hinged on Oakland misplays - misplays in the late-afternoon light that somehow didn't trouble New York.
- If there is a runner on first and the batter hits a ball down the right-field line, the scorer has to watch the ball and the fielder for a possible misplay.
- But you can easily reason that in this case, Perez noticed Tails' misplay, and as a result, Perez took advantage of the misplay and scored a run.
Rhymes
- dictatory
- dictatress
- dictatrix
- dictature
- diction
- dictionarial
- dictionarian
- dictionarist
- dictionary
- dictionary attack
- dictionary catalog
- dictionary catalogue
- dictionaryless
- dictionary-maker
- dictionary-making
- dictionary-monger
- dictionary order
- dictionary-proof
- dictionary word
- dictograph
- dictum
- dictum de omni et nullo
- Dictum of Kenilworth
- dicty
- dictyate