miscall
miscall · miscalls · miscalled · miscalling
To call bad names; to insult, abuseTo call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse.
/mɪskɔːl/
Meaning
4 senses(dialectal)To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse.
To call (someone or something) incorrectly or by the wrong title or name.
To make a wrong call (prediction or announcement).
To announce the result of an election incorrectly.
To announce one's hand of cards incorrectly.
More definitions
- assign in incorrect name to
Origin
From Middle English miscallen, equivalent to mis- + call.From Middle English miscallen, equivalent to mis- + call.
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Forms
miscalls, miscalling, miscalled, miscalledSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsDerivedmiscaller
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.