mis-swing

English

Alternative forms

• misswing

Etymology

mis- +‎ swing

Verb

mis-swing (third-person singular simple present mis-swings, present participle mis-swinging, simple past and past participle mis-swung)

1. To swing incorrectly.
   • 2011, Mark Kurlansky, Hank Greenberg: The Hero who Didn't Want to be One, page 117:

     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.

   • 2012, Rick Nelson, As I Remember It:

     It was winter, with some snow on the ground, but we were making good progress until I mis-swung my axe, bounced it off the tree, and buried it in my leg.

   • 2015, Johnny D. Boggs, South by Southwest: A Western Story:

     I seen one man from the 16th nigh chop his foot off when he mis-swung his axe.

Noun

mis-swing (plural mis-swings)

1. A botched swing
   • 2012, Philip K Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Pamela Jackson, The Exegesis of Philip K Dick:

     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.

   • 2019, Joanna Foat, Lumberjills: Britain's Forgotten Army:

     So the stance was crucial, because a mis-swing or glancing blow off the wood could veer towards a leading leg.

   • 2023, Angela Slatter, The Wrong Girl & Other Warnings:

     And to her advantage, his mis-swing upset his equilibrium, and so gains her a few seconds.