mistoss
nounEtymology From mis- + toss.
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An instance of mistossing.
- Accused one another of intentional mistosses during live performances.2006, Mark Binelli, Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die!:
mistoss
verbEtymology From mis- + toss.
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To toss incorrectly.
- A young riveter follows a mistossed bolt into a rich girl's boudoir to prevent a fire.1980, Stanley Green, Rodgers and Hammerstein Fact Book, page 126:
- I worked with absolute focus, as though mistossing one piece of brush might make the difference.1989, Miles Wilson, Line of Fall, page 70:
3 more examples
- The warm and limber hand that had offered nuts or berries, caught my mistossed balls, set young “Mast' Edguh” on his feet after a fall?2010, Peter Matthiessen, Shadow Country:
- When she was in stretching distance of the mattress, she keeled over rigidly like a caber that had been mistossed.2012, Francesca Clementis, Big Girls Don't Cry:
- Demonstrate repeated miscommunication by asking students to gather in a circle as they mis-toss a soft foam ball to one another.2019, Toby Karten, Mindfulness in the Inclusive Classroom, page 3: