Misgrip
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of misgripping.
"A very important factor in preventing slide misgrips and droppings was found to be steady cleaning the Robot's exposed parts from mountant or glass debris accumulated during the operation."
- 1 To grip improperly.
"It was a revelation of sorts, those, of course, that could be read, for there were a few specimens of the hook-and-butt-joint variety which looked as though they'd been written with a spitsticker misgripped between two non-opposable toes."
Example
More examples"It was a revelation of sorts, those, of course, that could be read, for there were a few specimens of the hook-and-butt-joint variety which looked as though they'd been written with a spitsticker misgripped between two non-opposable toes."
Etymology
From mis- + grip.
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