Misprints

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of misprint form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A crossword puzzle in which clues or answers have one letter changed.

    "A few used TOAST (again with drinking connotations) as misprint for ROAST, failing to spot perhaps that it is itself a passable definition of SWEAL and therefore less effective, if acceptable at all, in a misprints clue."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of misprint form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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typotypo;clerical errorcorrigendumdo amiss

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"As it was printed in haste, the book has many misprints."

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