ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mistalk

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Mistalk is a verb meaning To speak badly; to stutter, garble one's words, mispronounce words, substitute incorrect words, or make other such errors.

Meaning

To speak badly; to stutter, garble one's words, mispronounce words, substitute incorrect words, or make other such errors.

More Meanings

  1. To talk inappropriately, misleadingly, mistakenly, or otherwise untruely.
  2. The act or content of mistalking.

Example Sentences

I don't aim to mistalk ye. I jest want to tell ye how it was.
For 11 months he's been mistalking about my record, misdirecting it, misstating it.
Amazed, the audience looked at each other. What had come over their favorite storyteller to mistalk like that?
Nevertheless I went, "what? Tell me right away, I got kids to play with" got kids to play with? I mistalked, I really did, they're not my kids.

Word Forms

Synonyms for mistalk

Depending on context, synonyms include misspeak.

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