Misstrike

Quick meaning: Misstrike is a verb meaning (transitive) To strike badly or incorrectly.

Meaning

(transitive) To strike badly or incorrectly.

More Meanings

1. An instance of striking something badly or incorrectly, a misstroke
2. (numismatics) A coin or medal with an irregularity, defect or error.

Example Sentences

To the musician oft a mis-struck note Suggests a brighter strain of harmony;

[…] scrupulous attention had to be paid to the reality of the here and now lest liberalism misstrike the balance between the desire for freedom and the desire for equality […]

Many anglers use a Salmon-gaff for handling Pike. They are splendid things in a boat where only two men who know how to use them are fishing. In the hands of many ordinary men you lose more fish by mis-strikes than you can catch with them.

Stony-faced Zacharias Jones drummed his fingers on his desk top lost in a trance of invisible notes, chords. […] So vividly did he hear the notes in his head, he always heard a misstrike. When he made a mistake, he was obliged to return to the very beginning of the exercise and start over.

Word Forms

• misstrikes
• misstriking
• misstruck
• misstricken
• mis-strike

Synonyms for misstrike

Depending on context, synonyms include error.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mis-hit, miskick, misstamp, misexecute, misstroke, mishit.

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