Associations to the word «Misplay»

Wiktionary

MISPLAY, verb. To play incorrectly or poorly.
MISPLAY, noun. A wrong play.

Dictionary definition

MISPLAY, noun. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.
MISPLAY, verb. Play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note.
MISPLAY, verb. Play wrong or in an unskillful manner.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats