Mis-swing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A botched swing

    "Eckhart also speaks of this happening to a man who has misstepped (vertreten, as I recall); God, then, corrects the mis-swing of the man and brings him back to the Tao or Logos."

Verb
  1. 1
    To swing incorrectly.

    "And Hank taught the youngster to deliberately mis-swing at a certain pitch early in the game; later, in a decisive situation, the pitcher might give him the same pitch again, and he could slam it."

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"And Hank taught the youngster to deliberately mis-swing at a certain pitch early in the game; later, in a decisive situation, the pitcher might give him the same pitch again, and he could slam it."

Etymology

From mis- + swing.

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