mis·kick
| \ ˌmis-ˈkik
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miskicked; miskicking
Definition of miskick
sports
: to kick in a faulty manner
… when the ball is knocked into the box seven minutes from time, he miskicks so violently that he falls over …— Nick Hornby
: to kick wrongly
One minute later, Italy's Cristian Zaccardo tried to clear a United States free kick and miskicked the ball into the Italian goal.— Jere Longman
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miskick
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ˈmis-ˌkik
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noun,
plural miskicks
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noun,
plural miskicks
We got off to a slow start and had a lot of miskicks and missed shots.
— Kory Pinard
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“Miskick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miskick. Accessed 27 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of miskick was in 1891
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