Definitions for misplay

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misplay mis·play

Spelling: [noun mis-pley, mis-pley; verb mis- Misplay is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in misplay (ailmpsy).

Definitions for misplay

noun

1. a wrong or bad play.
2. a play prohibited by the rules.

verb (used with object)

1. to make an error or incorrect play on or with; play wrongly:
2. to make a play on or with (a card, chess piece, etc.) prohibited by the rules.

Origin of misplay

An Americanism dating back to 1865-70; mis-¹ + play

Examples for misplay

Miss Erskine fidgeted in her seat, gave half smothered exclamations, looked at him appealingly at every misplay.

His misplay had taken his nerve, and for a while he went thoroughly to pieces.

A year later and he had learned that a misplay, even though it lose the game for your side, may in time be lived down.

It was too good an opportunity to get a hold over the boy for Agno to misplay it.

We lost at least fifty thousand dollars that afternoon by that one misplay.

This case is excluded from the definition of misplay, and the penalty exacted is less.

If the coach counselled that misplay, his counsel was an error.