Misgrab

Quick meaning: Misgrab is a noun meaning A failed attempt to grab something.

Meaning

A failed attempt to grab something.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A mistake.
2. To fail in an attempt to grab something

Example Sentences

I made a misgrab and it touched the saw and flew up.

[…] misgrabbing or catching an apparatus or opponent

All this helped, but nevertheless it was a hazardous undertaking. A slip or a misgrab and he would fall under his own engine.

Schliemann misgrabbed his cup to toast the deal, and its toppled plastic cylinder rolled spillessly from side to side in the valley of his tray.

Word Forms

• misgrabs
• misgrabbing
• misgrabbed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misgrasp, misgrip, miscatch, misreach, misacquisition, mispull.

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